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BeforetheNaziescoulddestroythefiles,famedforeigncorrespondentandhistorianWilliamL.Shirersiftedthroughthemassiveself-documentationoftheThirdReich,tocreateamonumentalstudythathasbeenwidelyacclaimedasthedefinitiverecordofoneofthemostfrighteningchaptersinthehistoryofmankind—nowinaspecial30thanniversaryedition."Oneofthemostimportantworksofhistoryofourtime."THENEWYORKTIMESThisworldwidebest-sellerhasbeenacclaimedasthedefinitivebookonNaziGermany;itisaclassicwork.
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WilliamL.ShirerranksasoneofthegreatestofallAmericanforeigncorrespondents.HelivedandworkedinParis,Belin,Vienna,andRome.ButitwasabovelallascorrespondentinGermanyfortheChicagoTribuneandlaterfortheColumbiaBroadcastingSysteminthelatethirtiesthathisreputationwasestablished.HesubsequentlywroteTheRiseandFalloftheThirdReich,whichishailedasaclassic,andafterthewarhewasawardedtheLegiond'Honneur.Inthepost-waryearshewroteinavarietyoffields,andinhisseventieshelearnedRussian,publishingabiographyofTolstoyattheageof89.Hediedin1994.HisBerlinbroadcastswerepublishedposthumouslybyHutchinsonin1999.