Name: The Collapse of the Third Republic
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Author: William L. Shirer
ISBN: 9780795300332

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Type

Physical Book

Author

William L. Shirer

Publisher

RosettaBooks

Language

English

Pages

1050

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 6.0 cm

Weight

1.51 kg.

ISBN13

9780795300332

Synopsis "The Collapse of the Third Republic "

The National Book Award-winning historian's "vivid and moving" eyewitness account of the fall of France to Hitler's Third Reich at the outset of WWII (The New York Times).As an international war correspondent and radio commentator during World War II, William L. Shirer didn't just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world's oldest military powers-and institute a rule of terror and paranoia. Based on in-person conversations with the leaders, diplomats, generals, and ordinary citizens who both shaped the events and lived through them, Shirer constructs a compelling account of historical events without losing sight of the human experience.From the heroic efforts of the Freedom Fighters to the tactical military misjudgments that caused the fall and the daily realities of life for French citizens under Nazi rule, this fascinating and exhaustively documented account brings this significant episode of history to life."This is a companion effort to Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, also voluminous but very readable, reflecting once again both Shirer's own experience and an enormous mass of historical material well digested and assimilated." -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

William L. Shirer

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William L. Shirer had a brilliant career as a foreign correspondent, commentator, and historian of the contemporary world. He was a reporter in Berlin for United News Service and for CBS on the rise of Nazism and covered the war as a correspondent. From these reports came this book, which immediately became a best seller, and the Berlin Diary.

He is the author of many other best-selling books, including The Collapse of the Third Republic and an autobiography, Twentieth Century Journey: A Memoir of the Life and the Times.

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