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1、PulitzerPrizeWinnerAjaytaoAuthors:WilliamL.ShirerFormats:PDFIds:Barnes&Noble,Goodreads,Google,Amazon.com,9781451642599Tags:History,Non‐Fiction,Politics,WarBeforetheNaziescoulddestroythefiles,famedforeigncorrespondentandhistorianWilliamL.Shirersiftedthroughthemassiveself‐documentationoft
2、heThirdReich,tocreateamonumentalstudythathasbeenwidelyacclaimedasthedefinitiverecordofoneofthemostfrighteningchaptersinthehistoryofmankind‐‐nowinaspecial30thanniversaryedition."Oneofthemostimportantworksofhistoryofourtime."THENEWYORKTIMESReviewJohnGuntherOneofthemostspectacularstoriesev
3、errtold.‐‐ReviewAjaytaoFromthePublisherWilliamL.Shirer'sTHERISEANDFALLOFTHETHIRDREICHisamonumentalstudyofthe20thCentury'smostfrighteningmoments.Now,53yearsaftertheendofWorldWarII,itmayseemincrediblethatourmostvaluedinstitutions,andwayoflife,werethreatenedbythemenacethatHitlerandtheThird
4、Reichrepresented.Shirer'sdescriptionofeventsandthecastofcharacterswhoplayedsuchpivotalrolesindefiningthecourseEuropewastotakeisunforgettable.Benefitingfromhismanyyearsasareporter,andthusapersonalobserveroftheriseofNaziGermany,andavailinghimselfofsomeofthe485tonsofdocumentsfromtheGermanF
5、oreignOffice,capturedbytheFirstArmy,aswellascountlessotherdiaries,phonetranscriptions,andotherwrittenrecords,meticulouslykeptateverylevelbytheGermans,ShirerhasputtogetherabrutallyobjectiveaccountofhowHitlerwrestedpoliticalcontrolofGermany,andplannedandexecutedhis6yearquesttodominatethew
6、orld,onlyattheend,toseeGermanygodowninflames.Thecombinationofpersonalrecollectionandamassingofhistoricalevidencedistinguishesthisbookasoneofthegreathistoricalworksofanytime.Forinstance,herecountsthat,fromhisapartmentinPlosslgasse,inVienna,hepersonallywitnessedhowperhapshalfofVienna's180
7、,000Jewsbargainedtheirwaytofreedomin1938.ShirerexplainsthatHitlerbelievedthatFranceandEnglandweretooweaktoposemuchofathreattohisambitionstosubjugateCzechoslovakia,andlaterPoland.ThemomentaryreliefofRussiaasathreattohisdominationofEuropeasaresultoftheflurryofdiplomaticactivityth