The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer is one of the best-known comprehensive histories of Nazi Germany, tracing the development of Adolf Hitler’s regime from its ideological and political origins through the Second World War and the eventual collapse of the Third Reich in 1945.

Shirer was an American journalist and foreign correspondent who reported from Europe during the rise of Nazi Germany, including from Berlin during the early years of the Second World War. His extensive history draws upon captured German government documents, military records, diaries, correspondence, speeches, trial evidence and his own experience as a contemporary observer.

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a detailed narrative covering Hitler’s rise to power, the destruction of the Weimar Republic, the consolidation of dictatorship, Nazi foreign policy, the road to war, the major campaigns of the Second World War, persecution and genocide, internal political struggles and Germany’s ultimate military defeat.

This substantial Book Club Associates hardcover edition, reprinted in 1978 by arrangement with Secker & Warburg, contains the complete text in a large single volume of approximately 1,245 pages. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich retains its striking black illustrated dust jacket and brown cloth binding.

An important reference work for readers and collectors interested in Second World War history, Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, European history, military history and twentieth-century political history.

Condition – Good

Good hardcover with age-toning and some spotting to the page edges and preliminaries. Boards remain generally clean and sound. Dust jacket is heavily worn with rubbing, creasing, tears and chips, including significant losses around the spine ends and upper edges. Binding remains firm and the text appears clean overall.