{"title":"Books by William L. Shirer","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780099421764","title":"Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was Hitler’s boast that the Third Reich would last a thousand years. Instead it lasted only twelve. But into its short life was packed the most cataclysmic series of events that Western civilisation has ever known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Shirer is one of the very few historians to have gained full access to the secret German archives which the Allies captured intact. He was also present at the Nuremberg trials. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published sixty years ago, Shirer’s account of the years 1933–45, when the Nazis, under the rule of their despotic leader Adolf Hitler, ruled Germany is held up as a classic of its time. 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A young foreign correspondent was on hand to bear witness.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e More than two decades prior to the publication of his acclaimed history, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,\u003c\/i\u003e William L. Shirer was a journalist stationed in Berlin. During his years in the Nazi capital, he kept a daily personal diary, scrupulously recording everything he heard and saw before being forced to flee the country in 1940.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBerlin Diary\u003c\/i\u003e is Shirer’s first-hand account of the momentous events that shook the world in the mid-twentieth century, from the annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia to the fall of Poland and France. A remarkable personal memoir of an extraordinary time, it chronicles the author’s thoughts and experiences while living in the shadow of the Nazi beast. Shirer recalls the surreal spectacles of the Nuremberg rallies, the terror of the late-night bombing raids, and his encounters with members of the German high command while he was risking his life to report to the world on the atrocities of a genocidal regime.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e At once powerful, engrossing, and edifying, William L. 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His most definitive work on the subject, \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e, is a riveting account defined by first-person experience interviewing Hitler, watching his impassioned speeches, and living in a country transformed by war and dictatorship.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Shirer was originally commissioned to write \u003ci\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler\u003c\/i\u003e for a young adult audience. This account loses none of the immediacy of\u003ci\u003e The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e—capturing Hitler’s ascendence from obscurity, the horror of Nazi Germany’s mass killings, and the paranoia and insanity that marked the führer’s downfall. This book is by no means simplified—and is sure to appeal to adults as well as young people with an interest in World War II history.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “For nearly 100 years William L Shirer has spoken to us of fascism, Nazis, and Hitler . . . [He] tells the unvarnished truth as he experienced it . . . I figured this school-type book wasn’t going to tell me anything new. But when I started reading, I realized that I wasn’t reading for the facts anymore. I listened to his story and heard the urgency in his voice: a voice from nearly 60 years ago telling us the truth about today.” —\u003ci\u003eDaily Kos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57680075817333,"sku":"9780795300349","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780795300349.jpg?v=1792423068"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-william-l-shirer.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}