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William L. Shirer - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
A History of Nazi Germany
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Artist...............: William L. Shirer
Album................: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Genre................: History Audiobook
Source...............: Audible.com, Blackstone Audio
Read by..............: Grover Gardner
Year.................: 2010 (First Publication 1960)
Codec................: LAME 3.98
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: 80 kbps CBR
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.amazon.com/The-Rise-Fall-Third-Reich/dp/B003X4R6GQ

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Tracklisting
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1. William L. Shirer - 01 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich[07:51:00]
2. William L. Shirer - 02 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich[08:52:59]
3. William L. Shirer - 03 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich[06:44:19]
4. William L. Shirer - 04 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich[08:40:02]
5. William L. Shirer - 05 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich[07:54:42]
6. William L. Shirer - 06 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich[08:53:04]
7. William L. Shirer - 07 - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich[08:17:28]

Playing Time.........: 09:13:37
Total Size...........: 1965.03 MB

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Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer's monumental study of Hitler's
German empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of the 20th
century's blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an
unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly
succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the
globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic.

Now, many years after the end of World War II, it may seem incredible that
our most valued institutions and way of life were threatened by the menace
that Hitler and the Third Reich represented. Shirer's description of events and
the cast of characters who played such pivotal roles in defining the course
Europe was to take is unforgettable.

Benefiting from his many years as a reporter, and thus a personal observer
of the rise of Nazi Germany, and availing himself of some of the 485 tons of
documents from the German Foreign Office, as well as countless other
diaries, phone transcriptions, and other written records, meticulously kept at
every level by the Germans, Shirer has put together a brutally objective
account of how Hitler wrested political control of Germany, and planned and
executed his six-year quest to dominate the world, only to see Germany go
down in flames.

This is a richly rewarding experience for anyone who wants to come to grips
with the mysterious question of how this menace to civilization ever came into
being, much less was sustained for as long as it was. The answer,
unfortunately, is that most of Germany, for a whole host of reasons,
embraced Nazism and the fanaticism that Hitler engendered.

⌐1990 William L. Shirer; (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.


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