Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent, 1934–1941
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (942 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0058FR97E |
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| Number of Pages | : | 505 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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By the acclaimed journalist and New York Times best-selling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent.CBS radio broadcaster William L. It stood, and still stands, as so few books have ever done, a pure act of journalistic witness.. In December 1940, Shirer learned that the Germans were building a case against him for espionage, an offense punishable by death. The energy, the passion, and the electricity in it were palpable. It exactly matched journalist to event: the right reporter in the right place at the right time. The whole time, Shirer kept a record of events, many of which could not be publicly reported because of censorship by the Germans. 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.Shirer was the only Western correspondent in Vienna on March 11, 1938, when the German troops marched in and took over Austria,
"Brilliantly Written and Important" according to FeetMustFollow. A wealth of information from a talented writer. From the Nuremberg rallies to the Nazi invasions of Czechoslovakia and Poland and France to midnight bombings in Berlin to the slowly unfolding story of the murder of the disabled, with brief respites with his wife and daughter (born. A Must Read Book about World War II - A Riveting First Hand Account from a Brilliant Journalist Terry W. Sullivan I have ready many books about World War II over the past 50 years, and this is one of the best. You will find nothing like it - unless it is another book written by William L. Shirer. He was on the scene in pre-war Germany and highly talented in his powers of observation and skill. First-person historical masterpiece So there's a lot you could say about this. Intelligent and observant, Shirer happens to be in the heart of the hell that was Germany in the late 1930's. This book in fact covers 193First-person historical masterpiece R. Morton So there's a lot you could say about this. Intelligent and observant, Shirer happens to be in the heart of the hell that was Germany in the late 1930's. This book in fact covers 1934 through late 1940, matching the heaviest focus of Rise and Fall. Downsides? Shirer is a tad self-o. through late 19First-person historical masterpiece R. Morton So there's a lot you could say about this. Intelligent and observant, Shirer happens to be in the heart of the hell that was Germany in the late 1930's. This book in fact covers 1934 through late 1940, matching the heaviest focus of Rise and Fall. Downsides? Shirer is a tad self-o. 0, matching the heaviest focus of Rise and Fall. Downsides? Shirer is a tad self-o