American journalist and author William L. Shirer was a correspondent for six years in Nazi Germany-and had a front-row seat for Hitlers rise to power. 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.

Wi liam Shirer was originally commissioned to writeThe Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitlerfor a young adult audience. This account loses none of the immediacy ofThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich-capturing Hitlers rise from obscurity, the horror of Nazi Germanys mass killings, and the paranoia and insanity that marked Hitlers 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.