Shirer,William Lawrence

Shirer,William Lawrence
Shir·er (shīrʹər), William Lawrence. 1904-1993.
American journalist and historian known for his vivid radio broadcasts from Berlin at the outset of World War II and for the popular history The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1960).

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