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The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

By: William L. Shirer
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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American journalist and author William L. Shirer was a war correspondent for six years in Nazi Germany, having a front-row seat to Hitler’s rise in influence and power. His most definitive work on the subject, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, is a riveting account of life in the tyrannical state, a country transformed by war and dictatorship.

The author was originally commissioned to write The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler for a young adult audience. This account loses none of the immediacy of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - capturing Hitler’s prominence in public cognizance, the horror of 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 anybody with an interest in World War II history.

©1961, 1989 by William L. Shirer (P)2020 by Blackstone Publishing Europe Germany Military Politicians Politics & Activism Wars & Conflicts World War II War Russia Holocaust Imperialism Soviet Union
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Great review of historical events. Shirers books are great. This is a great book to start with.

William L. Shirer is a go to for all WW2 Journalism. Great review of events.

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Great to the point book that only William Shirer could write. Such are sorely missed today.

Shirer Clarity

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Where Hitler thought he was going long-term is still a mystery to me. Did he or any of his thugs think through the viability and practicality of managing their conquering objectives longterm? Over and over I think to myself what triggered his sense of utter cruelty? And listening to his speeches his reasoning was so flawed, he justified it all through providence, his convenient justification & catch all. You can be sure millions of Germans shook their heads in disbelief but what could they do with epic levels of social control and unyielding intimidation? Not much, buy in or die. And why isn’t more written about Stalin, his sense of collective cruelty paralleled and equaled Hitler’s as we later saw. In many ways the unwise fools that wrote the Versailles Treaty helped put these wheels in motion.

Megalomania to the max

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This is a great that’ll start into William Shire also a grave tie and book to the Netflix show.

Great quick abridged version

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the writer of the book was one of the best-known journalists at the time I would like to say this is his third best book he ever written

one of the best autobiographies

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Grover Gardner is the BEST narrator on Audible. I have listened to him again and again on books written by William Shirer and others. This latest book was on Hitler was phenomenal.

Shirer and Gardner--perfect together!

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Thank you for bring this book to life. Perhaps if it was longer it would not have been as good.
Thank you so much!!!!

Grover Gardner was perfect

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Although very brief and incomplete, and certainly not the best bio on Hitler (rec Toland), Shirer's books are well worth the investment. There's nothing like getting it from the guy who was there, especially when that guy was a sophisticated writer. And then having it narrated by Gardner! Wunderbar!!

WWII history starts with Shirer

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Great overall History of one of the Most Diabolical Men to live, by someone who was in Germany when it happened.

How the Mighty Fall

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