William Shirer, an American journalist who lived and worked in Nazi Germany for many years, provides a monumental and chilling account of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Drawing on his own experiences, diaries, and captured German documents, he paints a vivid and devastating portrait of one of the most destructive eras in human history.
History students, scholars, and anyone interested in understanding the social, political, and historical forces that led to the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.