Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the twentieth century’s blackest hours.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.
Now, long after the end of World War II, it may seem incredible that our most valued institutions and way of life were threatened by the menace that Hitler and the Third Reich represented. Shirer’s description of events and the cast of characters who played such pivotal roles in defining the course Europe was to take is unforgettable.
Shirer benefitted from his many years as a reporter, thus a personal observer of the rise of Nazi Germany, and by availing himself of some of the 485 tons of documents from the German Foreign Office, as well as countless other diaries, phone transcriptions, and other written records meticulously kept at every level by the Germans. With these, he has put together a brutally objective account of how Hitler wrested political control of Germany and planned and executed his six-year quest to dominate the world, only to see Germany go down in flames.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a vast, richly rewarding experience for anyone who wants to come to grips with the mysterious question of how this menace to civilization ever came into being, much less was sustained for as long as it was. The answer, unfortunately, is that most of Germany, for a whole host of reasons, embraced Nazism and the fanaticism that Hitler engendered.
© 2010 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781483078649
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Lydbog: 7. oktober 2010
Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer’s monumental study of Hitler’s German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the twentieth century’s blackest hours.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.
Now, long after the end of World War II, it may seem incredible that our most valued institutions and way of life were threatened by the menace that Hitler and the Third Reich represented. Shirer’s description of events and the cast of characters who played such pivotal roles in defining the course Europe was to take is unforgettable.
Shirer benefitted from his many years as a reporter, thus a personal observer of the rise of Nazi Germany, and by availing himself of some of the 485 tons of documents from the German Foreign Office, as well as countless other diaries, phone transcriptions, and other written records meticulously kept at every level by the Germans. With these, he has put together a brutally objective account of how Hitler wrested political control of Germany and planned and executed his six-year quest to dominate the world, only to see Germany go down in flames.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a vast, richly rewarding experience for anyone who wants to come to grips with the mysterious question of how this menace to civilization ever came into being, much less was sustained for as long as it was. The answer, unfortunately, is that most of Germany, for a whole host of reasons, embraced Nazism and the fanaticism that Hitler engendered.
© 2010 Blackstone Publishing (Lydbog): 9781483078649
Release date
Lydbog: 7. oktober 2010
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Leif
24. nov. 2021
5 stjerner selvfølgelig. Bogen er skrevet af en journalist der faktisk var i Tyskland da nazisterne tog magten. Skal man læse een bog om nazisternes magtovertagelse og Hitlers liv og levned bør det være denne. Vanvittig grundig men ofte spændende som en god roman. Forfatteren er præget af sin tid i sit primitive syn på homoseksualitet, men ellers er det en enestående historiebog.
Jonas
29. apr. 2021
Crazy hvordan han taler om homoseksualitet. Men ellers er det en meget grundig bog.
Carsten
26. okt. 2022
Never again
Jesper
20. jun. 2023
Fantastisk historisk bog. Specielt de første dele om Hitlers stigen til magten og hans bevidste manipulerende gamblen med både generaler og fremmede magter og egen befolkning. Man bliver overrasket over, hvor tæt han var på at vælte indtil flere gange. Kan varmt anbefales til alle, der har interesse for anden verdenskrig og hvad der ledte til den.
Thomas
1. dec. 2021
Et enestående arbejde og beskrivelse
P
9. maj 2023
IMPONERENDE værk. Meget saglig langt hen ad vejen, men skrevet i en anden tid og mærkes ind i mellem. Meget god oplæser.
Anders
22. nov. 2023
Elendig, fordomsfuld og fuld af fejlslutninger
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