num_pages: 639
description: As European correspondent for a number of American newspapers during the 1930s, William L. Shirer witnessed at first hand many of the pivotal events in the buildup to World War II. At the Nuremberg rallies, when Hitler roared through the streets celebrating his newly-won domination of Germany, Shirer was there. In Munich, as Chamberlain abandoned the Czechs, Shirer was there. In Vienna during the night of the Anschluss, in Berlin, when Hitler loosed his Blitzkrieg on Poland and began the war, Shirer was there. Through articles, broadcasts and translations of Hitler's speeches, Shirer tirelessly tried to warn the world of the terrible evil that was growing in Germany. 'The Nightmare Years,' a No. 1 bestseller when first published in America in 1984, is not only the fascinating eyewitness account of this cataclysmic decade, but also the more personal story of a young American caught in tense and desperate times, struggling to survive and provide a life for himself and his family as the world lurched inexorably towards war.
language: English
title: The Nightmare Years
titlecomplete: The Nightmare Years
genres: Germany, Politics, Biography, European History, War, Nonfiction, History, Memoir, World War II, Journalism
ratings_count: 1352
series: 20th Century Journey
awards: awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Society of Midland Authors Award
category: Adult Nonfiction
publisher: Bantam