Berlin Diary
The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934-1941
$74.16
- Paperback
648 pages
- Release Date
14 May 2002
Summary
CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s - specifically those sections dealing with the collapse of the European democracies and the rise of Nazi Germany. “Berlin Diary” first appeared in 1941, and the timing was perfect. The energy, the passion, the electricity in it were palpable. The book was an instant success, and it became the frame of reference against which thoughtful Americans judged the rush of events in Europe. It exactly matched journalist to event: the right reporter at the right place at the right time. It stood, and still stands, as so few books have ever done - a pure act of journalistic witness.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780801870569 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0801870569 |
| Author: | William L. Shirer, Gordon A. Craig |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Imprint: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 648 |
| Release Date: | 14 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 907g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
There is absolutely no better book by an American about the rise of the Third Reich. A gripping–and harrowing–view from inside Hitler’s Germany. –Lamar Graham
The most complete news report yet to come out of war time Germany. Time
William L. Shirer
William L. Shirer (1904-94) was a newspaper correspondent and radio journalist in the years before and during World War II. His many books include the critically acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, This Is Berlin, and The Nightmare Years.
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