Writing style
Dense · Direct · Journalistic
Apple BooksThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
History
- First published
- 1960
- Print length
- 1249 pagesSimon & Schuster, 2011
National Book Award, 1961
Description
William L. Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a history of Nazi Germany spanning Adolf Hitler’s birth in 1889 through the end of World War II in Europe. Shirer bases the account on captured Nazi records, diaries, government reports, trial testimony, and his own experience as a journalist in Germany. Using these sources, he examines the rise and collapse of Hitler’s regime and the period’s place in twentieth-century European history. The book also considers how the regime came close to achieving global conquest.
Reading profile
About this profile
Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).
- Writing
- How much attention the sentences and language require.
- Ideas
- How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
- Structure
- How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
- Background knowledge
- Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
- Emotional intensity
- Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.
Pace
Measured
Tone
Cerebral · Dark · Detached · Earnest
Structure
Chronological nonfiction
Focus
Ideas · Information
Emotional intensity
5 / 5
Reading complexity
1–5 · higher means more demanding- Writing
- 4 / 5
- Ideas
- 4 / 5
- Structure
- 3 / 5
- Background knowledge
- 3 / 5
Themes
Book details
For the print edition listed above.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781451642599, 9781451651683
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