And in October, William L. Shirer captured something else, both massive and elusive, within the four corners of a book: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. He captured it in a way that made ...

In this enormous book Mr. Shirer returns to the subject he dealt with as a correspondent, in "Berlin Diary," two decades ago. In the years since then he has read much and reflected much; the present ...

It’s time for Americans to read William L. Shirer’s “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.” Modern criticisms aside, the book offers a plenitude of facts surrounding the Hitler/Nazi ...

Officially known as the German Reich, Nazi Germany was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when it was headed by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party, who governed by way of a totalitarian ...

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich. Traces the political and social climate of Germany, from the disintegration of the Weimar Republic, through the rise of the Nazi Party and WW II, to the ...

When it comes to the history of Nazi Germany, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is unique. Not only did it top bestseller lists, it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. With sales in the ...

Historian Richard J. Evans is the author of eighteen books including his three-volume Third Reich trilogy — The Coming of the ...

New Perspectives on the Rise and Fall of the Nazi State. Prof. Gellately (Florida State), who has written extensively on European totalitarianism and particularly the Hitlerite regime, opens this ...