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Americans In Paris: Life And Death Under Nazi Occupation 1940-1944 (2009)

by Charles Glass(Favorite Author)

3.69 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0007228538 (ISBN13: 9780007228539)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

HarperPress

review 1: Prodigious research and careful historical writing showing how the war impacted the lives of some Americans who lived in Paris during WW2. As is often said - this is an untold story that now needs to be read and understood. There are heroes, knaves, and some surprising characters. There is also the appalling story of racial discrimination that has tarnished our own war record. Some reviewers have called Glass's writing dry - but the historical material is so strong that it speaks for itself without an author's hype. A reader's time is not wasted on this book.
review 2: Eh, having a hard time getting into this one. Too dry. The stories about African-Americans in occupied France are the most interesting part of the book, but if I'm being honest then I've got to s... moreay that, as for everybody else, I don't care. (And the chapter on the Bomb Plot in Paris is only about a page long. Boo! Hiss!) Oh well, I'm more of an Eastern Front kinda of gal myself but it was worth a shot. I'm always excited to find a book about American civilians in Europe during WWII. No rating this time. less

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