The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

A History of Nazi Germany

William L Shirer, Ron Rosenbaum

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Simon & Schuster
11 October 2011

History; European history; Second World War

The fiftieth anniversary edition of the National Book Award-winning bestseller that is the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II. This special edition now features a new introduction by Ron Rosenbaum, author of Explaining Hitler and How the End Begins. No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and before the Nazis could destroy their files, the Allied demand for unconditional surrender produced an almost hour-by-hour record of the nightmare empire built by Adolph Hitler. This record included the testimony of Nazi leaders and of concentration camp inmates, the diaries of officials, transcripts of secret conferences, army orders, private letters--all the vast paperwork behind Hitler's drive to conquer the world.

The famed foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer, who had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years sifting through this massive documentation. The result is a monumental study that has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of mankind.

Here is the complete story of Hitler's empire, one of the most important stories ever told, written by one of the men best equipped to write it.

This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work.

By: William L Shirer
Introduction by: Ron Rosenbaum
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 50th
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 58mm
Weight: 1.306kg
ISBN: 9781451651683
ISBN 10: 1451651686
Pages: 1249
Publication Date: 11 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

"""""The New York Times Book Review"" A splendid work of scholarship, objective in method, sound in judgment, inescapable in its conclusions."" --Hugh Trevor-Roper ""A monumental work, a grisly and thrilling story."" --Theodore H. White ""One of the most important works of history of our time."" -Orville Prescott ""The New York Times"" ""One of the most spectacular stories ever told."" -John Gunther Hugh Trevor-Roper ""The New York Times Book Review"" A splendid work of scholarship, objective in method, sound in judgment, inescapable in its conclusions. John Gunther One of the most spectacular stories ever told. Orville Prescott ""The New York Times"" One of the most important works of history of our time. Theodore H. White A monumental work, a grisly and thrilling story."