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  1. National Book Award for Non-Fiction. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany is a book by American journalist William L. Shirer in which the author chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany from the birth of Adolf Hitler in 1889 to the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. It was first published in 1960 by Simon ...

    • William L. Shirer
    • 1960
  2. Overview. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960) is a 1,140-page history of Nazi Germany from its inception through its final days. As a newspaper and radio reporter, author William L. Shirer lived and worked in the Third Reich during the 1930s and early 1940s. Throughout the book, Shirer draws partly on his own first-hand observations and ...

  3. And so in tracing the formation of Hitler’s mind and the Third Reich, Shirer’s magnum opus focuses valuable attention on the lasting impact of the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s ...

  4. Nov 10, 2023 · Shirer’s book begins in the aftermath of World War I, tracing the social and political climate in Germany that allowed for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. The author explores the factors that contributed to Hitler’s ascendancy, from his charismatic leadership style to the economic turmoil and nationalistic fervor that plagued the country.

  5. Book 1. You can think of Book One of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich as laying the intellectual groundwork for the pages that follow.. In these chapters, Shirer charts the early years of Adolf Hitler's life, and shows us how the young would-be Fuehrer went from being an Austrian "vagabond" to the discredited schemer of the infamous Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, his failed coup to take over ...

  6. The book sold millions of copies in the U.S., and even more worldwide. Owing to the important subject matter, as well as the world’s obvious curiosity about World War 2, Shirer was commissioned to write a version aimed at younger readers. “The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler” was originally published in 1961.

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  8. “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” is a comprehensive history book written by William L. Shirer, which provides an in-depth account of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime in Germany from its ...

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