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Title: Naples '44 by Norman Lewis ISBN: 0-394-50354-6 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 1978 Format: Unknown Binding |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Unbreakable life spirit in time of war
Comment: The author wrote a diary during his stay as a member of the allied occupational force in Naples after the allied liberation. The "liberators" turns out to be more corrupt and less disciplined by the fascists, and even the previous German occupiers. The civilian population suffered incredible privations from the corrupt and mafia influenced occupationary government, and from soldiers and bandits rampaging through the countryside. The author is gradually won over unbreakable spirit and adaptability of the Italians. The book is written in a direct and conversational tone that goes directly to the heart.
Rating: 4
Summary: Enjoyable, insightful reading - sometimes disturbing realism
Comment: Vignettes of the author's observations of war time Italy while assigned to Naples area as part of British Intelligence. First hand descriptions of the Neopolitan's desperate ordeal to survive with little food and work available. Tremendous insight into Italian culture and customs. Sad portrayals of ancient towns bombed to rubble by allied forces, perhaps unnecessarily. But most disturbing are his reports from various sources that the American troops marching through Italy had been given orders not to take any German prisoners alive. Any Germans who surrendered were to be shot.
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Title: In Sicily by Norman Lewis ISBN: 0312290489 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea by ROBERT K. MASSIE ISBN: 0679456716 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Pompeii: A Novel by ROBERT HARRIS ISBN: 0679428895 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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