The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany (2 Volume Set)

Norwalk, CT : The Easton Press, 1991 The Easton Press, Norwalk, CT. 1991. Hardcover. 2 Volume Set. Stated Collector's Edition. Books are tight, square, and unmarked. Book Conditions: As New. No DJ. Full red leather boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine and front board; gilt decorations and emblems on the spines and front boards; Five raised ribs on the spines. Mauve moire endpapers; gilt textblock edges; sewn-in gold ribbon page markers. [xii] 3-622 pp Volume I; 625-1249 pp Volume II 8vo. The famed World War II newspaperman and foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer, who was articulate in German, had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years after the war sifting through the massive amount of documentation that the Nazis had collected about themselves for their posterity. The result of efforts is this monumental study that has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of one of the most frightening chapters in the history of mankind. Here is the complete story of Hitler's empire, one of the most important stories ever told, and written by one of the few and best men equipped to write it. This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work. A clean pristine set of books