The rise & fall of Adolf Hitler / William L. Shirer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shirer, William L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heads of state--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Heads of state.

Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Juvenile literature.

Hitler, Adolf.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (503 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : RosettaBooks, 2012.

Summary:

A concise and timely account of Hitler's-and fascism's-rise to power and ultimate defeat, from one of America's most famous journalists. American journalist and author William L.Shirer was a correspondent for six years in Nazi Germany-and had a front-row seat to Hitler's mounting influence. His most definitive work on the subject, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, is a riveting account defined by first-person experience interviewing Hitler, watching his impassioned speeches, and living in a country transformed by war and dictatorship. Shirer 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 ascendence from obscurity, the horror of Nazi Germany's 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 adults as well as young people with an interest in World War II history. "For nearly 100 years William L Shirer has spoken to us of fascism, Nazis, and Hitler... [He] tells the unvarnished truth as he experienced it... I figured this school-type book wasn't going to tell me anything new. But when I started reading, I realized that I wasn't reading for the facts anymore. I listened to his story and heard the urgency in his voice: a voice from nearly 60 years ago telling us the truth about today." - Daily Kos

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Part 1: THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER

Father and son

School Days and an Interlude of Loafing

Down and Out in Vienna-"The Saddest Period of My Life"

Fateful Decision: Hitler Goes into Politics

The Beer Hall Putsch

Part 2: HITLER CONQUERS GERMANY

A Revealing Book and a New Start

Hitler Falls in Love

Hitler's Drive for Political Power

Führer and Dictator

Part 3: HITLER CONQUERS EUROPE

The Bloodless Conquests

How Hitler Launched World War II

Hitler's Astounding Early Victories

The Great Turning Point

Part 4: THE FALL OF ADOLF HITLER

Hitler's "New Order"

The Plot to Kill Hitler

The Collapse of Hitler's Germany

The Death of Adolf Hitler

Endnotes.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780795326134

0795326130

OCLC:

849930948