It was Hitler's boast that the Third Reich would last a thousand years. Instead it lasted only twelve. But into its short life was packed the most cataclysmic series of events that Western civilisation has ever known.
William Shirer is one of the very few historians to have gained full access to the secret German archives which the Allies captures intact. He was also present at the Nuremberg Trials.
'The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich' is not only a classic of historical scholarship but also a unique analysis of that dictatorship and the evil genius of its architect.
