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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is a recurring book in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 3 times across 3 issues between August 04, 2023 and September 15, 2023. The archive places it in contexts such as “I read William L. Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”; “In preparation for writing The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, he supplemented his first-hand experience”; “I’ve learned from reading The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”. It most often appears alongside Lying For Money, Njal’s Saga, On the Marble Cliffs.

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  • Category: Books
  • Mention count: 3
  • Issue count: 3
  • First seen: August 04, 2023
  • Last seen: September 15, 2023

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Your Book Review: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
August 04, 2023 · Original source
I read William L. Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich because I wanted to be able to answer this question. You could consider this book review as the spiritual sibling to Scott’s dictator book club. Scott writes in his review of The New Sultan:
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My hope is that this review of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich can help us identify what it looks like when Hitler is actually about to come to power, so that we can save that most urgent alarm bell—the one marked with the swastika and the Charlie Chaplin mustache—for this one situation only and avoid a boy-who-cried-wolf-scenario. Consider this an exercise in fine-tuning our threat models so that we can tell the difference between bad and this-is-stage-one-in-Hilter’s-rise-to-power bad.
Our guide to Hitler is William L. Shirer. Shirer was an American journalist stationed in Berlin in the years leading up to World War II. He had the opportunity to observe first-hand the Nazi consolidation of power in Germany. In preparation for writing The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, he supplemented his first-hand experience with an in-depth review of the German confidential papers captured by the Allies at the end of the War. He even corresponded with retired Nazi generals. He gives us a nice combination of eyewitness insight and research.
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September 08, 2023 · Original source
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Inline links: Cities And The Wealth Of Nations / The Question Of Separatism, Lying For Money, Why Machines Will Never Rule The World, Man’s Search For Meaning, Njal’s Saga, Public Citizens, Safe Enough?, Secret Government, The Educated Mind, The Laws Of Trading, On The Marble Cliffs, The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich, The WEIRDest People In The World, The Mind Of A Bee, Why Nations Fail, Zuozhuan
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September 15, 2023 · Original source
The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich, reviewed by J. J. spends his time writing stories and reading literary novels. He has a master's degree and three-quarters of a doctorate in philosophy, with specializations in Pragmatism and aesthetics.
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