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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Viking Pr
Publication date
July 1, 1979
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140051827
ISBN-10
0140051821
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$5.95
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | 1941 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich | The Nazi Germany Sourcebook | Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945 | The Second World War | Lieutenant Nun | I Will Bear Witness | The Nightmare Years 1930-1940
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century | 1941 | The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich | The Nazi Germany Sourcebook | Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945 | The Second World War | Lieutenant Nun | I Will Bear Witness | The Nightmare Years 1930-1940
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day, eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent.
CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s--specifically those sections dealing with the collapse of the European democracies and the rise of Nazi Germany.
Shirer was the only Western correspondent in Vienna on March 11, 1938, when the German troops marched in and took over Austria, and he alone reported the surrender by France to Germany on June 22, 1940, even before the Germans reported it. The whole time, Shirer kept a record of events, many of which could not be publicly reported because of censorship by the Germans. In December 1940, Shirer learned that the Germans were building a case against him for espionage, an offense punishable by death. Fortunately, Shirer escaped and was able to take most of his diary with him.
Berlin Diary first appeared in 1941, and the timing was perfect. The energy, the passion, and the electricity in it were palpable. The book was an instant success, and it became the frame of reference against which thoughtful Americans judged the rush of events in Europe. It exactly matched journalist to event: the right reporter at the right place at the right time. It stood, and still stands, as so few books have ever done--a pure act of journalistic witness.
CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s--specifically those sections dealing with the collapse of the European democracies and the rise of Nazi Germany.
Shirer was the only Western correspondent in Vienna on March 11, 1938, when the German troops marched in and took over Austria, and he alone reported the surrender by France to Germany on June 22, 1940, even before the Germans reported it. The whole time, Shirer kept a record of events, many of which could not be publicly reported because of censorship by the Germans. In December 1940, Shirer learned that the Germans were building a case against him for espionage, an offense punishable by death. Fortunately, Shirer escaped and was able to take most of his diary with him.
Berlin Diary first appeared in 1941, and the timing was perfect. The energy, the passion, and the electricity in it were palpable. The book was an instant success, and it became the frame of reference against which thoughtful Americans judged the rush of events in Europe. It exactly matched journalist to event: the right reporter at the right place at the right time. It stood, and still stands, as so few books have ever done--a pure act of journalistic witness.
Editions
Hardcover
from Bbs Pub Corp (October 1, 1995); titled "Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941"
9780883659229 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 2.00 in. | 1.90 lbs | List price $12.99
About: A precurser to the author's best-selling The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich describes the harrowing Nazi rise to power in Germany during the second half of the 1930s and profiles Hitler's complex personality.
About: A precurser to the author's best-selling The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich describes the harrowing Nazi rise to power in Germany during the second half of the 1930s and profiles Hitler's complex personality.
from Random House Value Pub (January 1, 1987)
9780517446355 | details & prices | 627 pages | List price $6.99
About: An American war correspondent describes the harrowing Nazi rise to power in Germany during the second half of the 1930s and profiles Hitler's complex personality.
About: An American war correspondent describes the harrowing Nazi rise to power in Germany during the second half of the 1930s and profiles Hitler's complex personality.
Paperback
from Johns Hopkins Univ Pr (April 17, 2002)
9780801870569 | details & prices | 627 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 1.75 in. | 1.90 lbs | List price $37.00
Reissue edition from Little Brown & Co (May 1, 1988); titled "Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941"
9780316787048 | details & prices | 605 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.55 lbs | List price $19.95
About: Shirer's diary offers a first-hand account of Hitler's rise to power and the brutality, fanaticism, and lifestyles of Nazi Germany as the nation prepared for and the waged war
About: Shirer's diary offers a first-hand account of Hitler's rise to power and the brutality, fanaticism, and lifestyles of Nazi Germany as the nation prepared for and the waged war
The price comparison is for this edition
from Viking Pr (July 1, 1979); titled "Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941"
9780140051827 | details & prices | List price $5.95
About: By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day, eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent.
About: By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day, eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent.
CD/Spoken Word
With Tom Weiner (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (July 1, 2011)
9781441734105 | details & prices | 7.00 × 7.00 × 2.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $118.00
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