Description: Naples 1944 by Keith Lowe A rigorous, myth-busting look at the citys chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism Financial Times FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A rigorous, myth-busting look at the citys chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism Financial Times The Second World War destroyed countless cities in Europe and Asia. Naples 1944 is the story of the first major European city to be liberated by the Allies. The book describes not only what happened to Naples when the scourge of war lashed down upon it, but also, crucially, what happened next.This is the first major history of wartime Naples to appear in the English language. It fills a glaring gap in the British and American historiography of the war and shares a hoard of new stories â" some of them truly shocking â" that have never yet been published in any language.When the Allies arrived in late 1943, Naples had already suffered a brutal German occupation and suffered reprisals from the cityâ™s heroic resistance and uprisings. This did not save it from the merciless Allied bombing. The city was on its knees with widespread suffering and squalor. Criminal gangs prospered, as did typhus, starvation and soaring prices on the black market. Much of the female population was forced into part-time prostitution simply to obtain food. Then Vesuvius erupted.Loweâ™s gripping and powerful book places Naples right at the heart of Italian history. What happened in this city was not a mere sideshow to bigger events taking place further north, it was central to the story of the country as a whole. Neapolitans resisted Fascism just as the Florentines, the Bolognese, and the Milanese did. They suffered just as northerners did, and they longed as much for constitutional rebirth. The heroism and sacrifice that took place in Naples were harbingers of what would later happen throughout Italy â" as were the compromise and corruption of ideals that came after the Allies took control.Naples 1944 is original and humane history at its very best, and a book which shows that Neapolitan story is the Italian story. Author Biography Keith Lowe was born in 1970 and studied English Literature at Manchester University. After twelve years as a history publisher, he embarked on a full-time career as a writer and historian, and is now recognised on both sides of the Atlantic as an authority on the Second World War and its aftermath. He is the author of Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg 1943, and Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II, which won the 2013 PEN/Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History. In 2017 he published The Fear and the Freedom, to great acclaim. His books have been translated into twenty languages. Review A rigorous, myth-busting look at the citys chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism… Lowes meticulous historical sleuthing reveals disorder on a monumental scale, with "theft, prostitution or illegal trading" the sole means of survival for many citizens. But he also recovers the hidden history of a Mediterranean metropolis that freed itself from German domination before the Allies arrived — only to find its dreams for social renewal dashed by the naivety, ignorance and mismanagement of its well-intentioned liberatorsFinancial TimesWonderful… valuableSpectator A major new history, which fills a glaring gap in the history of the Italian warMilitary History Matters A moving accountLiterary Review Promotional War, Liberation and Chaos in Italy During the Second World War Details ISBN0008339597 Author Keith Lowe Pages 400 Year 2024 ISBN-10 0008339597 ISBN-13 9780008339593 Format Hardcover Imprint William Collins Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Alternative 9780008339616 Audience General Publication Date 2024-09-26 UK Release Date 2024-09-26 NZ Release Date 2024-12-31 AU Release Date 2024-12-31 Subtitle War, Liberation and Chaos DEWEY 945.7091 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160738073;
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