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Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue - Paperback, by Edsel Robert M. - Acceptable n
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- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9780393348804
- Book Title
- Saving Italy : the Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Publisher
- Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Genre
- Art, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Europe / Italy, Military / World War II, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, European
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 13.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Monuments Men: "An astonishing account of a little-known American effort to save Italy's...art during World War II." --Tom Brokaw
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Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393348806
ISBN-13
9780393348804
eBay Product ID (ePID)
170182636
Product Key Features
Book Title
Saving Italy : the Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Italy, Military / World War II, Public Policy / Cultural Policy, European
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
13.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
D810.A7e234 2014
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Revealing....That the Monuments Men were able to do as much as they did, amid a war with more urgent priorities is remarkable., Edsel's knowledge and appreciation of art amplifies this celebration of the unheralded group of men who ensured the safety of Italy's greatest treasures., Revealing...That the Monuments Men were able to do as much as they did, amid a war with more urgent priorities is remarkable., An amazing story, superbly told. The narrative and research are exceptionally well done. Edsel has done a great service not only to tell the story of the Monuments Men and the work they did in Italy but also to remind mankind what the Germans did. I believe that Saving Italy is a major contribution to the history of World War II., A suspenseful tale worthy of an Indiana Jones plot. He pulls you into a dangerous web of intrigue in which the Vatican, top German SS generals, American OSS operatives and Italian officials are entwined in top-secret negotiations to end the war. A must read for any WWII history enthusiast., Robert Edsel has written a captivating, and at times hair-raising, book on the audacious Allied effort during World War II to save the priceless art treasurers in Italy. It is impossible to imagine what Western civilization would be today without these cultural masterpieces. Edsel has written a gripping, heroic story of the Monuments Men who saved them from certain destruction., Edsel's recovery of the history of the Monuments Men makes for a remarkable and fascinating story. As more recent conflicts have shown, the havoc that war can wreak upon our artistic heritage has unfortunately not diminished and there are important lessons in this book for policy makers and all who care about the preservation of the world's artistic legacy for future generations., As Robert Edsel shows us in this valuable book, the artistic patrimony of the western world was a hostage to Hitler's legions in 1945. Saving Italy rescues an unlikely troop of American heroes from obscurity, chronicling the exploits of a band of art professors working for the U.S. military as they saved Tuscany's masterworks, museums and cathedrals from oblivion as Nazi Germany's southern flank crumbled., Robert Edsel weaves a suspenseful tale worthy of an Indiana Jones plot. He pulls you into a dangerous web of intrigue in which the Vatican, top German SS generals, American OSS operatives and Italian officials are entwined in top-secret negotiations to end the war. A must read for any WWII history enthusiast., Eventually the deranged plots of the Nazis called forth a new breed of adversary, their college degrees in art and antiquities hardly imposing yet suddenly critical, their extraordinary confrontation with evil quickly proving capable, in this inspired account, of recasting the war in Italy into a barn-burner of a history., Saving Italy is an astonishing account of a little known American effort to save Italy's vast store of priceless monuments and art during World War II. While American warriors were fighting the length of the country, other Americans were courageously working alongside to preserve the irreplaceable best of Italy's culture. Read it and be proud of those who were on their own front lines of a cruel war.
Copyright Date
2014
Dewey Decimal
940.53/45
Dewey Edition
23
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