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Author: Peter J. Conradi Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393324013 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 774
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In this critically acclaimed biography, Conradi assesses the intellectual and cultural legacy of a remarkable woman "at the center of our culture." (A.S. of photos.
Author: Peter J. Conradi Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 9780393324013 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 774
Book Description
In this critically acclaimed biography, Conradi assesses the intellectual and cultural legacy of a remarkable woman "at the center of our culture." (A.S. of photos.
Author: Iris Origo Publisher: Allison & Busby ISBN: 0749040548 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 232
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It is quite impossible to attach importance to material possessions now. All that one still clings to is a few vital affections' Iris Origo, October 1943. Marchesa Iris Origo and her husband had been settled at their rural estate of La Foce since 1924. When the Second World War broke out Origo, an Englishwoman married to an Italian landowner, had divided loyalties. But as the war dragged on and the hostilities escalated, the small community of Val d'Orcia found themselves helping evacuees, orphans, refugees, prisoners of war and soldiers from both sides, concerned less with who was fighting whom than caring for those who needed their aid. Origo kept her diary throughout this time, when the risk of betrayal was a fact of life and the penalty for helping the enemy would result in death. Even with German troops occupying her manor house, she wrote at night about her valiant attempts to shelter refugees, burying her diary in the garden each morning. The result is a book which has become a classic, an affirmation in itself of courage and resistance, and an unsentimental, compelling story of the trials and tragedies of wartime.
Author: Nigel Pollard Publisher: University of Michigan Press ISBN: 0472127292 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 341
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Bombing Pompeii examines the circumstances under which over 160 Allied bombs hit the archaeological site of Pompeii in August and September 1943, and the wider significance of this event in the history of efforts to protect cultural heritage in conflict zones, a broader issue that is still of great importance. From detailed examinations of contemporary archival document, Nigel Pollard shows that the bomb damage to ancient Pompeii was accidental, and the bombs were aimed at road and rail routes close to the site in an urgent attempt to slow down the reinforcement and supply of German counter- attacks that threatened to defeat the Allied landings in the Gulf of Salerno. The book sets this event, along with other instances of damage and risk to cultural heritage in Italy in the Second World War, in the context of the development of the Allied Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives – the “Monuments Men.”
Author: Steven K. Bailey Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 1640121048 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 340
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Bold Venture tells the nearly forgotten story of the American airmen who flew perilous combat missions over Hong Kong during the Second World War. Steven K. Bailey sheds new light on the American military campaign against Japanese forces in occupied China. From the first reconnaissance flights over Hong Kong by lone pilots in 1942 to the massive multi-squadron air strikes of 1945, he describes the complex history of American air operations in the China theater and paints an indelible portrait of the American air raids on Hong Kong and the airmen who were shot down over the city. Today unexploded aircraft bombs are unearthed with frightening regularity by construction crews in Hong Kong. Residents are eager to know where these bombs originated, who dropped them, when, and what the targets were. Bailey’s account answers some of these questions and provides a unique historical perspective for Americans seeking to understand the complexities of military involvement.
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