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Feb 28, 2017whitcombs2do rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
One should definitely read Shirer's "Berlin Diary" first, as it gives a thorough introduction to Shirer's viewpoint. He teamed with Edward R. Murrow to report on the rise of the Nazi's in the '30's. Murrow was based in London, Shirer, for much of the time, in Berlin. The Diary is very readable. This history is ponderous: 1,040 pages. Shirer used material from interviews, extracts from the proceedings of the Nuremberg trials, and the voluminous captured written Nazi records. One of the things which makes it readable is that Shirer isn't shy about expressing his editorial point of view (which, as another reviewer mentions) isn't always politically correct in modern times. But at least he imparts a very human voice to this description of an inhuman episode in the history of the Western world.