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The Collapse of the Third Republic. The Collapse of the Third Republic: An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940 by William L. Shirer (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1969) deals with the collapse of the French Third Republic as a result of Hitler's invasion during World War II. [1]
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Jun 24, 2015 · William Shirer's The Collapse of the Third Republic is intended as a Gallic counterpart to his Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, chronicling the political, cultural and military factors that triggered France's shocking defeat to Germany in 1940.
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Mar 21, 1994 · Shirer wrote more than a dozen books beside The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, including Berlin Diary (published in 1941); The Collapse of the Third Republic (1969), which drew on his experience living and working in France from 1925 to 1933; and a three-volume autobiography, Twentieth Century Journey (1976 to 1990).
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THE COLLAPSE OF THE THIRD REPUBLIC. AN INQUIRY INTO THE FALL OF FRANCE IN 1940. by William L. Shirer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 1, 1969. bookshelf. shop now. This is a companion effort to Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960), also voluminous but very readable, reflecting once again both Shirer's own experience and an-enormous mass ...
The Reception of William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich in the United States and West Germany, 1960-62 In the vast historiographical literature on the nazi period, few works have achieved as enduring a reputation or attained as unique a commercial success as William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. First ...
Foreword -- Prologue -- Debacle! summer 1940 -- Book One: The rise of the Third Republic, 1871-1919 -- A freakish birth and early growing pains 1871-1891 -- The Dreyfus affair 1894-1906 -- The consolidation of the Republic 1880-1914 -- Classes and conflict 1875-1914 -- The permanent political crisis 1875-1914 -- The achievements of the Third ...
“This is a companion effort to Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, also voluminous but very readable, reflecting once again both Shirer’s own experience and an enormous mass of historical material well digested and assimilated.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
