The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

National Book Award Winner: The definitive account of Nazi Germany  and “one of the most important works of history of our time” (The New York Times). When the Third Reich fell, it fell swiftly. The Nazis had little time  to destroy their memos, their letters, or their diaries. William  L. Shirer’s sweeping account of the Third Reich uses these unique  sources, combined with his experience living in Germany as an  international correspondent throughout the war. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich earned Shirer a National Book Award and continues to be recognized as  one of the most important and authoritative books about the Third Reich  and Nazi Germany ever written. The diaries of propaganda minister Joseph  Goebbels, as well as evidence and other testimony gained at the  Nuremberg Trials, could not have found more artful hands.  Shirer gives a clear, detailed, and well-documented account of how it  was that Adolf Hitler almost succeeded in conquering the world. With  millions of copies in print, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a chilling and illuminating portrait of mankind’s darkest hours. “A monumental work.” —Theodore H. White