The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler

De: William L. Shirer

Narrado por: Grover Gardner

American journalist and author William L. Shirer was a war correspondent for six years in Nazi Germany, having a front-row seat to Hitler’s rise in influence and power. His most definitive work on the subject, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, is a riveting account of life in the tyrannical state, a country transformed by war and dictatorship.

The author was originally commissioned to write The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler for a young adult audience. This account loses none of the immediacy of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - capturing Hitler’s prominence in public cognizance, the horror of mass killings, and the paranoia and insanity that marked the führer’s downfall. This book is by no means simplified - and is sure to appeal to anybody with an interest in World War II history.

©1961, 1989 by William L. Shirer (P)2020 by Blackstone Publishing

Rise and fall of Adolf Hitler

Excellent first hand writing of this tyrant and how with lies rose to power bringing the world to a second deadly war

An incredibly sad story!

Let us not forget the folly of a life lived with no thought of its true purpose......to know, love and serve his creator by trusting in the Person and work of Jesus Christ.

Shirer Clarity

Great to the point book that only William Shirer could write. Such are sorely missed today.

Megalomania to the max

Where Hitler thought he was going long-term is still a mystery to me. Did he or any of his thugs think through the viability and practicality of managing their conquering objectives longterm? Over and over I think to myself what triggered his sense of utter cruelty? And listening to his speeches his reasoning was so flawed, he justified it all through providence, his convenient justification & catch all. You can be sure millions of Germans shook their heads in disbelief but what could they do with epic levels of social control and unyielding intimidation? Not much, buy in or die. And why isn’t more written about Stalin, his sense of collective cruelty paralleled and equaled Hitler’s as we later saw. In many ways the unwise fools that wrote the Versailles Treaty helped put these wheels in motion.

Great quick abridged version

This is a great that’ll start into William Shire also a grave tie and book to the Netflix show.

William L. Shirer is a go to for all WW2 Journalism. Great review of events.

Great review of historical events. Shirers books are great. This is a great book to start with.

The scary similarities with current events in the US

A good retelling of how Hitler rose to power and forced his will upon the German people and most of Europe.

one of the best autobiographies

the writer of the book was one of the best-known journalists at the time I would like to say this is his third best book he ever written

Shirer and Gardner--perfect together!

Grover Gardner is the BEST narrator on Audible. I have listened to him again and again on books written by William Shirer and others. This latest book was on Hitler was phenomenal.

Grover Gardner was perfect

Thank you for bring this book to life. Perhaps if it was longer it would not have been as good.
Thank you so much!!!!