'''William Shirer''' was an [[America____ ____ ___ _ ___ ____ _ _ ____ _ _ _ ____ ____ _ _ ____ | |__| |__]]n | | |__| | | [__ |\/| | [journalist]] and [[historian]] in the [[twentieth century__ |__| | | |___ |___ | | | | | | | |___ | ___]| | | ___] | | |___ | |___ . He was a reporter for [[CBS]] News in the 1930s and 1940s and in that capacity was stationed as foreign correspondent in [[Nazi]] [[Germany]]. He later published his diary from this period as ''Berlin Diary''. He also wrote a history of Nazi Germany called ''The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany''. He also wrote a biography of [[Adolf Hitler]] called ''The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirer, William}}[[category:Journalists]][[Category:Historians]]