| Scenes from the End - The Last Days of World War II in Europe
(2000)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 - Europe |
| Publication Date |
January 2000 |
| Format |
Hardcover (8.7
x
5.8
mm)
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| Publisher |
Steerforth Press |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Description |
| Frank E. Manuel was a 34-year-old intelligence officer during the final American push into Germany in April 1945. This memoir recounts those last frantic weeks of the war, conveying the essence of the time through a montage produced from transcripts, letters, and memory. Manuel's take on the collapse of the Third Reich, and the Americans' part in it, is decidedly unheroic and unsentimental. He portrays a shattered Europe where the black market rules and an entire population is in transit; where former Nazi sympathizers are desperate to cover their tracks; where Americans rush to judgment; and where the prospect of a Russian takeover looms. "Military historians have assembled a picture of the grand design, creating the myth of an official history, but fragments may be closer to the chaos of experience in war." - from the book |
| Personal Details |
| Store |
Bookman's |
| Purchase Price |
$8.00 |
| Acquire Date |
2007 |
| Rating |
0 |
| Links |
Library of Congress
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
D755.7.M36 2000 |
| Dewey |
940.53 |
| ISBN |
1883642558 |
| Edition |
[1st ed.] |
| Cover Price |
$20.00 |
| No. of Pages |
135 |
| First Edition |
Yes |
| Rare |
No |
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