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S'està carregant… Berlin Diary: The Journal of a Foreign Correspondent 1934-1941 (1940)de William L. Shirer
   No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Interesting account of an American reporter in Berlin just before and at the start of Hitler's war. (  ) kslade | Dec 8, 2022 |  Had to return this to the library. On page 300 or so. Quite excellent on-the-ground account of the build-up and explosion of war. Gadi_Cohen | Sep 22, 2021 | History brilliantly recorded in the making, with the immediacy and urgency of journalism, which you don’t encounter in academic history books. This journal published in 1941 starts with episodes from Shirer’s three years reporting as an American journalist from Berlin in 1934. He then moves to Vienna in 1938 to work for an American broadcaster, describing breathlessly the Anschluss on 12 March. Following the Anschluss he moves to Geneva for safety from censorship, but travels to Prague for the Sudetenland crisis in September 1938, and then moves back to Berlin. As you would expect, Shirer’s journalistic style is highly readable, even when he is listing the names of politicians or generals attending “peace” conferences. As published in 1941, there is a little hindsight in Shirer’s comments, but nevertheless what comes across as the moral cowardice of Britain and France in the face of Nazi aggression is notable, especially with regards the Sudetenland. In particular, as time passes and Shirer’s entries more frequent, the “breathlessness” of the history becomes greater, even though you know the overall story. Several times during this book Shirer mentions people committing suicide, or threatening to commit suicide, over the political situation; often these are Jews but also left wing individuals, and often due to their becoming refugees. The book starts with what might be read as a “humble brag” by Shirer after spending a year of leisure in Spain in 1933: I’ve regained the health I lost in India and Afghanistan in 1930–1 from malaria and dysentery. I’ve recovered from the shock of the skiing accident in the Alps in the spring of 1932, which for a time threatened me with a total blindness but which, happily, in the end, robbed me of the sight of only one eye. Having finished this journal, you can only admire his personal bravery once the fighting begins in trying to report what the censors allowed. (  ) CarltonC | Aug 17, 2021 | This is the book that put the idea of becoming a foreign correspondent in my mind. ( ) HenrySt123 | Jul 19, 2021 | NA pszolovits | Feb 3, 2021 | Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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By the acclaimed journalist and bestselling author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, this day-by-day, eyewitness account of the momentous events leading up to World War II in Europe is the private, personal, utterly revealing journal of a great foreign correspondent. 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. Shirer was the only Western correspondent in Vienna on March 11, 1938, when the German troops marched in and took over Austria, and he alone reported the surrender by France to Germany on June 22, 1940, even before the Germans reported it. The whole time, Shirer kept a record of events, many of which could not be publicly reported because of censorship by the Germans. In December 1940, Shirer learned that the Germans were building a case against him for espionage, an offense punishable by death. Fortunately, Shirer escaped and was able to take most of his diary with him. Berlin Diary first appeared in 1941, and the timing was perfect. The energy, the passion, and the electricity in it were palpable. The book was an instant success, and it became the frame of reference against which thoughtful Americans judged the rush of events in Europe. It exactly matched journalist to event: the right reporter at the right place at the right time. It stood, and still stands, as so few books have ever done--a pure act of journalistic witness. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)943.086092 — History and Geography Europe Germany and central Europe Historical periods of Germany Germany 1866- Third Reich 1933-1945 History, geographic treatment, biography Biographies, Diaries And JournalsLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (4.22)
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