About this title: 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. "Berlin Diary" first appeared in 1941, and the timing was perfect. The ...
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Description: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941. ( hb with dj, dj tattered in acid free cover, cover lightly worn, end pages discolored, o/w in good cond. ) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1942
Description: Good. No dust jacket. 48e pgs plus index in gd condition w/wear on bottom edges; endpapers lightly tanned; green cover w/blind embossed lettering and design on front and bright gold lettering on spine has wear and bumped bottom front corner. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Eagle Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. Pb, light wear/soil, crease at spine/rear corners, nick at upper spine, name on 1st pg, pgs starting to darken; 12mo 7"-7½" tall. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Very good in fair dust jacket. 3. p. l., [v]-vi p., 2 l., [3]-605, xxi, [1] p. 22 cm. Light blue cloth over boards with red and black design & lettering. Great copy. Totally clean & unmarked except for bookplate on inside cover & name & date written on first endpage. Spotless covers & spine. Sharp corners. Very slight wear to tips of corners. DJ has has chips, tears. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1941
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. 1941 Knopf hard cover. Moderate edge wear. Some bowing. No marks in text. Ship same or next day. More fiction books in our store. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Ex-Library. HB, 41, no DJ, some cover wear, exlib, pages browned with age. Unknown printing. 605 p. ; index; read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: H. Hamilton, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Published June 20, 1941; 605 pages, plus index slightly tanned; blue cloth cover w/red and black embossing some wear to edges; spine lettering is slighly worn. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Unknown printing. 3. p. l. , [v]-vi p. , 2 l. , [3]-605, xxi, [1] p. 22 cm. "First edition. " Sequel: End of a Berlin diary. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: A. A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: Fine in poor dust jacket. 3. p. l., [v]-vi p., 2 l., [3]-605, xxi, [1] p. 22 cm. "First edition. " Sequel: End of a Berlin diary. Excellent unmarked book with a small neat name plate on FPD. No remainder mark. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, N. Y.
Date Published: 1943
Description: Cover Art. Good in Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. WW II------------The hard cover and the jacket has some wear...The jacket has a price clip. The jacket and the pages has yellowing......W. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1941
Description: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Assume First Edition, dates on title and copyright pages match. Shopworn and soiled, but binding is tight and leaves still clear, a Reading Copy without a DJ 605 pages plus index. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Publisher: A. A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. 3. p. l., [v]-vi p., 2 l., [3]-605, xxi, [1] p. 22 cm. "First edition. " Sequel: End of a Berlin diary. read more
"What a book. This contemporaneous account of the rise of the Third Reich not only brings the historical events to life, but avoids the problem of retrofitting convenient narratives and causality to past events - as most historians are wont to do. One of the more interesting insights Shirer brings to light is that the credulity of the German people in the face of Goebbel's propaganda machine has been somewhat overstated. The obfuscation and absurdity present in the German media was as obvious then as it is now. That said, the complacency of the society is balanced against a pervasive ambivalence and powerlessness which goes to the most enduring lesson of the book - tyranny and totalitarianism are terrifyingly easy to establish, but once entrenched, nearly impossible to remove."
"Readable, interesting, scary at times. This is the diary Shirer kept while working as a radio correspondent in Berlin, up until he got thrown out. (When the war started for us.)"
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