First printing of William L. Shirer’s companion volume to The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Copyright page reads “First printing,” SBN 671-20337-1, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-91306. Published by Simon and Schuster, Rockefeller Center, New York. Designed by Edith Fowler.
Blue cloth boards with red title label and gilt lettering on the spine, small gilt ornaments above and below the label, red-stained top edge. Original dust jacket present: cream front with bold black title and the blue/red RF device, author photo by Clemens Kalischer on the back.
A substantial history of why the Third Republic collapsed in six weeks in 1940, drawn from archives and interviews with French leaders, generals, and diplomats.