The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History Of Nazi Germany
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: Book-of-the-month-club edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear along the edges and spine, no major tears. Page Condition: Yellowed with age, consistent with a 1960 first edition. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Appears intact and solid. Stickers/labels: None visible.
A landmark work of twentieth-century historical writing, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany chronicles the terrifying ascent and catastrophic collapse of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. Drawing on his firsthand experience as an American journalist stationed in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as thousands of captured Nazi documents and the Nuremberg trial records, Shirer presents an exhaustively researched and compellingly readable account of one of history's most devastating periods. The narrative details Hitler's early political machinations, the systematic dismantling of democratic institutions, the horrors of the Holocaust, and the catastrophic military campaigns that ultimately brought the Third Reich to ruin. Sweeping in scope yet deeply personal in its eyewitness authority, the book stands as both a definitive historical record and a chilling moral testament to the dangers of totalitarianism.
Author: William L. Shirer
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Simon & Schuster
Genre: WW2
Edition: Book-of-the-month-club edition
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear along the edges and spine, no major tears. Page Condition: Yellowed with age, consistent with a 1960 first edition. Markings: No visible markings. Binding condition: Appears intact and solid. Stickers/labels: None visible.
A landmark work of twentieth-century historical writing, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany chronicles the terrifying ascent and catastrophic collapse of Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime. Drawing on his firsthand experience as an American journalist stationed in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as thousands of captured Nazi documents and the Nuremberg trial records, Shirer presents an exhaustively researched and compellingly readable account of one of history's most devastating periods. The narrative details Hitler's early political machinations, the systematic dismantling of democratic institutions, the horrors of the Holocaust, and the catastrophic military campaigns that ultimately brought the Third Reich to ruin. Sweeping in scope yet deeply personal in its eyewitness authority, the book stands as both a definitive historical record and a chilling moral testament to the dangers of totalitarianism.