Could well be the case, because there wasn't a lot of competition for Shirer's book, and as turgid as it is - it was still probably the most comprehensive guide to the Nazis going right into the 70's, unless I've missed something.
― calzino, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
yes, that's what i remember from the early 70s: grown-ups reading it and talking about it bcz it covered a lot of ground (not just sex) that was basically new to the general reading public
― mark s, Friday, 1 December 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
I think it's v readable! it's just bollocks is all
― Illegal Ethiopian Dance Music (Noodle Vague), Friday, 1 December 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
I read about a quarter of it and then audio-booked the rest and it is entertaining bollox. But to some extent all Hitler books are bollox and often over-reliant on Goebbels horrible diaries or like Shirer writing works of fiction really, which I think even Kershaw is guilty of to some extent. They just haven't got that nebulous Soviet archive that Stalin biographers have, which are so fucking massive they overwhelm some people.
*lol just spellchecked + Goebbels horrible Dairies almost submitted.
― calzino, Friday, 1 December 2017 21:19 (six years ago) link
This week (or next), Moz dreams of number five....
― Mark G, Thursday, 9 May 2019 16:10 (four years ago) link