Americans in Paris: Life and Death under Nazi Occupation 1940–44 - Softcover

Glass, Charles

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9780007228522: Americans in Paris: Life and Death under Nazi Occupation 1940–44

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ISBN 10: 000722852X ISBN 13: 9780007228522

Publisher: HarperPress, 2010

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Paperback. Pub Date :2010-02-04 Pages: 384 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK An elegantly written and highly informative account of a group of Americans living in Paris when the city fell to the Nazis in June 1940.In the early hours of 14 June 1940. Nazi troops paraded through the streets of Paris. marking the beginning of the citys four-year occupation. French troops withdrew in order to avoid a battle and the potential destruction of their capital. It wasnt long before German tanks rumbled past the Arc de Triomphe and down the Champs Elysees to the Place de la Concorde.The American community in Paris was the largest in Continental Europe. totalling approximately 30.000 before the Second World War. Although Ambassodor Bullitt advised those without vital business in the city to leave in 1939. over half of the Americans in Paris chose to stay Many had professional...

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‘[A] fascinating and absorbing account...he makes us think again about the nature of life in occupied Paris and refreshes what many would consider something of a tired and overworked period of contemporary history...Glass writes with great fluency and verve and evident scholarship and has unearthed facts and figures that both illuminate and perturb.’ William Boyd, Sunday Times

‘Charles Glass’s highly impressive new book tells us of an assortment of US citizens who remained in Paris during the war. Glass describes the various realities with just the right combination of objectivity and compassion; this is a moving and deeply thought-provoking book.’ Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph

‘An account of the 2,000 Americans who remained in Paris during the Second World War is rich in intrigue and heroism...for anyone interested in France during this period it is a fascinating treat.’ Antony Beevor, Daily Telegraph

‘Wartime France comes alive in Glass’s new book...a fine piece of historical research, and powerful insight into one of the darkest periods of modern European history.’ Evening Standard

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'... provides valuable insight into a little-known theatre of that great tragi-comic mess which we call the Second World War.'

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