Berlin diary
Subtitle: the journal of a foreign correspondent, 1934-1941
By: William L. Shirer ; with an introduction by David Halberstam
Contributors: Halberstam, David, wroter of introduction; Gillbergh, Gregory, book designer; Sarabande Press
Series: The American past; American past
Publisher: Book-of-the-month Club
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 627
Subjects: Politics and government; World War, 1939-1945; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924
Description: A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while in Europe during the 1930s. It was in 1940, still a virtual unknown, that Shirer wondered whether his reminiscences of the collapse of the world around Nazi Germany could be of any interest or value as a book. Shirer's Berlin Diary, which is considered the first full record of what was happening in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, first appeared in 1941. The book was an instant success. But how did Shirer get such a valuable firsthand account? He had anonymous sources willing to speak with him, provided their identity remained protected and disguised so as to avoid retaliation from the Gestapo. Shirer recorded his and others' eyewitness views to the horror that Hitler was inflicting on his people in his effort to conquer Europe. Shirer continued his job as a foreign correspondent and radio reporter for CBS until Nazi press censors made it virtually impossible for him to do his job with any real accuracy. He left Europe, taking with him the invaluable, unforgettable (and horrific) contents of his Berlin Diary. Berlin Diary brings the reader as close as any reporter has ever been to Hitler and the rise of the Third Reich. Shirer's honest, lucid and passionate reporting of the brutality with which Hitler came to power and the immediate reactions of those who witnessed these events is for all time.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.

Name of designer, Gregory Gillbergh, provided by AIGA.

Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket and slipcase.