--- product_id: 4117717 title: "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" price: "13454 som" currency: KGS in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.kg/products/4117717-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich-a-history store_origin: KG region: Kyrgyzstan --- # The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany **Price:** 13454 som **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany - **How much does it cost?** 13454 som with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.kg](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/4117717-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich-a-history) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description “One of the most important works of history of our time.” — The New York Times A modern classic and the definitive study of Adolf Hitler, the rise of Nazi Germany, the Holocaust, and World War II by the foreign correspondent who saw firsthand how the Nazi movement swept Europe. William B. Shirer presents nuanced profiles of major and minor figures as well as exacting details of the political movements, wartime strategy, and atrocities of the Third Reich. This epic work is required reading to understand modern history and how fascist dictators can captivate a population to wicked ends. No other powerful empire ever bequeathed such mountains of evidence about its birth and destruction as the Third Reich. When the bitter war was over, and before the Nazis could destroy their files, the Allied demand for unconditional surrender produced an almost hour-by-hour record of the nightmare empire built by Adolph Hitler. This record included the testimony of Nazi leaders and of concentration camp inmates, the diaries of officials, transcripts of secret conferences, army orders, private letters—all the vast paperwork behind Hitler's drive to conquer the world. The famed foreign correspondent and historian William L. Shirer, who had watched and reported on the Nazis since 1925, spent five and a half years sifting through this massive documentation. The result is a 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, written by one of the men best equipped to write it. This worldwide bestseller has been acclaimed as the definitive book on Nazi Germany; it is a classic work. Review: Must Read for WW2 enthusiasts - I’ve always wanted to get to this book in my studies on WW2. I mainly read about the American Civil War and the Roman Empire, but about a 3 years ago I decided to focus more on biographies. Discovered the Amazing Allison Weir, and Margaret George. Special shout to Margaret who’s Memoirs of Cleopatra had me read 4 straight books on Women of the Roman world. Sorry I digress, but the point was after all that I was wanting to get back to my typical type of historic read and felt it was time for Mr. Shirers detailed history of Nazi Germany. My one knock against this book is the Swastikas on cover and spine. I’m not offended by it because I look at it from the historical nature, plus know my book is in no way pro third Reich, but I got some looks on a few flights I took while reading this book. In this day and age I think it’s best to keep that symbol off reading material regardless of historical importance it’s not needed, and gives people the wrong impression. Outside of that this is truly the best book on the Third Reich I have ever read. Not only the amazing detail and information, but William Shrirer has the personal experience and journalistic background that make his take perfect for the source material. He covers the various takes on controversial military decisions made by Hitler. He knows when to display the atrocities and evil of the Nazi Regime, and when to tell the objective viewpoint. You can tell this man spent a lot of time and chose his words carefully to limit his personal bias when it was important to be objective. A true masterpiece of history, and amazing post war study combined with his own first hand accounts. Structured masterfully, told truthfully, and brings a lunchbox style work ethic to explain a dense two decades of history. Review: Simply a masterpiece of history about one of the darkest times in man's life on this planet. - This is an incredible book. I have not ready any other histories of Nazi Germany, but I can't imagine another more comprehensive account of the horror that was the Third Reich. This was not an easy read. I started this early in my life and, for reasons I don't recollect, never got into it. That was a long time ago. I finally decided that I must read this, if only for the fact that my family went through this and beloved members of my family lost their lives to this. I can't say this was a totally enjoyable read, but that was not the purpose. In reading this book I began to get a clearer understanding of how such an atrocity could have come to exist. There are many ironies in the book. If Hitler's grandfather had not belatedly married his grandmother, he would have remained Adolf Schicklgruber and certainly would not have achieved any of the power that he did. And the plots to overthrow him, from within his own ranks, time and again failed, once only by the fact of a detonator failing to go off. There are so many fascinating things to learn in this book. You do not have to be a history buff, only to have the need to understand how such an abomination could happen. There are many names, too many for me to keep track of. And I finally stopped reading every footnote. If I was given a test on this material, I probably would flunk it. But reading it, not as an obligation, but for an understanding of this bleak moment in our world's history, it is a masterpiece. Taken from the actual written diaries and source material from the Nazis, themselves, this is the ultimate book on Hitler, the Nazis and the Third Reich. If you choose to read this book, be prepared for an extremely detailed account of every correspondence, letter, speech, meeting that went on with each move and conjecture in this almost chess game of a war. It can get tedious. This is not an action novel. Sometimes you want to yell out, "Come on! Get on with the action!" But this is a history, not a novel. You have to understand that and go with it. Also, I started to get annoyed that there was so much on the war and nothing about the concentration camp atrocities and the genocide that was taking place. Mr. Shirer decided to put that all in one chapter about three quarters of the way through the book. So, it is not left out. Just put in its own special chapter. One glaring omission, which I cannot understand is that there is not one mention of Dr. Mengele, the most infamous doctor of the Third Reich, although there is a sub-chapter on the doctors and their cruel medical experiments. Maybe someone can explain this to me. All in all, this is a masterpiece and a must-read for anyone who wants to know about this event in history! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #26,421 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in German History (Books) #16 in World War II History (Books) #29 in Jewish Holocaust History | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 11,383 Reviews | ## Images ![The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71zKo4ZlG9L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Language, Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must Read for WW2 enthusiasts *by B***R on July 14, 2024* I’ve always wanted to get to this book in my studies on WW2. I mainly read about the American Civil War and the Roman Empire, but about a 3 years ago I decided to focus more on biographies. Discovered the Amazing Allison Weir, and Margaret George. Special shout to Margaret who’s Memoirs of Cleopatra had me read 4 straight books on Women of the Roman world. Sorry I digress, but the point was after all that I was wanting to get back to my typical type of historic read and felt it was time for Mr. Shirers detailed history of Nazi Germany. My one knock against this book is the Swastikas on cover and spine. I’m not offended by it because I look at it from the historical nature, plus know my book is in no way pro third Reich, but I got some looks on a few flights I took while reading this book. In this day and age I think it’s best to keep that symbol off reading material regardless of historical importance it’s not needed, and gives people the wrong impression. Outside of that this is truly the best book on the Third Reich I have ever read. Not only the amazing detail and information, but William Shrirer has the personal experience and journalistic background that make his take perfect for the source material. He covers the various takes on controversial military decisions made by Hitler. He knows when to display the atrocities and evil of the Nazi Regime, and when to tell the objective viewpoint. You can tell this man spent a lot of time and chose his words carefully to limit his personal bias when it was important to be objective. A true masterpiece of history, and amazing post war study combined with his own first hand accounts. Structured masterfully, told truthfully, and brings a lunchbox style work ethic to explain a dense two decades of history. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Simply a masterpiece of history about one of the darkest times in man's life on this planet. *by D***R on January 5, 2018* This is an incredible book. I have not ready any other histories of Nazi Germany, but I can't imagine another more comprehensive account of the horror that was the Third Reich. This was not an easy read. I started this early in my life and, for reasons I don't recollect, never got into it. That was a long time ago. I finally decided that I must read this, if only for the fact that my family went through this and beloved members of my family lost their lives to this. I can't say this was a totally enjoyable read, but that was not the purpose. In reading this book I began to get a clearer understanding of how such an atrocity could have come to exist. There are many ironies in the book. If Hitler's grandfather had not belatedly married his grandmother, he would have remained Adolf Schicklgruber and certainly would not have achieved any of the power that he did. And the plots to overthrow him, from within his own ranks, time and again failed, once only by the fact of a detonator failing to go off. There are so many fascinating things to learn in this book. You do not have to be a history buff, only to have the need to understand how such an abomination could happen. There are many names, too many for me to keep track of. And I finally stopped reading every footnote. If I was given a test on this material, I probably would flunk it. But reading it, not as an obligation, but for an understanding of this bleak moment in our world's history, it is a masterpiece. Taken from the actual written diaries and source material from the Nazis, themselves, this is the ultimate book on Hitler, the Nazis and the Third Reich. If you choose to read this book, be prepared for an extremely detailed account of every correspondence, letter, speech, meeting that went on with each move and conjecture in this almost chess game of a war. It can get tedious. This is not an action novel. Sometimes you want to yell out, "Come on! Get on with the action!" But this is a history, not a novel. You have to understand that and go with it. Also, I started to get annoyed that there was so much on the war and nothing about the concentration camp atrocities and the genocide that was taking place. Mr. Shirer decided to put that all in one chapter about three quarters of the way through the book. So, it is not left out. Just put in its own special chapter. One glaring omission, which I cannot understand is that there is not one mention of Dr. Mengele, the most infamous doctor of the Third Reich, although there is a sub-chapter on the doctors and their cruel medical experiments. Maybe someone can explain this to me. All in all, this is a masterpiece and a must-read for anyone who wants to know about this event in history! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Monumental History of Nazi Germany *by G***A on August 26, 2006* This is a brilliant book - tremendously well researched, incredibly well written, and packed full of unparalleled insights. It is highly recommended for anyone interested in Adolph Hitler, the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, and the Third Reich at war. Written soon after the end of the Second World War and first published in 1959, William L. Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" remains the monumental history of Adolph Hitler and the Germany he created. The author, William L. Shirer, served as a newspaper correspondent and CBS radio reporter in Europe and Nazi Germany during the war and witnessed first-hand many of the events that led to the beginning of the Second World War in Europe. More importantly, Shirer, the correspondent turned historian, was among the first individuals to avail himself of the confidential archives of the Third Reich and all its branches seized and held by the U.S. government after the war in Alexandria, Virginia. These documents included the official diaries of the German Armed Forces High Command, the German Navy High Command, the Chief of the German General Staff (General Franz Halder), and those of the Minister of Propaganda (Dr. Joseph Goebbels). Shirer also made good use of the stenographic records of Hitler's conferences on the daily military situation, as seen and discussed at the Fuehrer's headquarters, and the texts of the Nazi leader's table talk. The result is an extremely well documented and detailed history of every aspect of Hitler's Germany. Shirer makes it clear early in his book that although he detested Adolph Hitler and the Nazis, he sought to write an objective history of events. Certainly his observations on the leader of the Third Reich are of special interest to readers and historians alike. Shirer calls Hitler: "The man with the Charlie Chaplin mustache, who had been a down-and-out tramp in Vienna in his youth, an unknown soldier of World War I, a derelict in Munich in the first grim postwar days, the somewhat comical leader of the Beer Hall Putsch, this spellbinder who was not even German but Austrian..." Writing about the rise of the Third Reich, Shirer shows conclusively that many of Hitler's beliefs as well as the basic tenets of the Nazi Party, including its' highly centralized, authoritarian and violently anti-Semitic nature, were deeply embedded in German history. It is for this reason that most of the German population and military so willingly followed their Fuehrer into another destructive two-front world war and continued to believe in him and victory until the very end. There is very little about the German leader and the Third Reich that is not in this book. Shirer was able to detect early on, for example, the Nazi program to murder its own citizens, who were mentally retarded or otherwise physically incapacitated, and the resistance by the German population and the Catholic Church to that program. He also shows that, contrary to the view still held by some historians to this day, the vast bulk of Hitler's generals fully supported the German leader and his Nazi party. At the same time, Shirer was among the first historians who attempted to record the civilian and military resistance to the Fuehrer. All of this makes Shirer's "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" wonderful and compelling reading. It remains the monumental history of Hitler's Germany and one of the most important historial works of our time. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century - A People's History of the United States --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.kg/products/4117717-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich-a-history](https://www.desertcart.kg/products/4117717-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-third-reich-a-history) --- *Product available on Desertcart Kyrgyzstan* *Store origin: KG* *Last updated: 2026-09-13*