The bitter taste of victory : life, love and art in the ruins of the Reich
Feigel, Lara2016
Book
Right from the start, the Allies' postwar reconstruction plan was cultural as well as practical: the mindset of the Third Reich was to be obliterated. Over the next four years, many of the foremost writers and filmmakers of their generation were dispatched by Britain and America to help rebuild the country their governments had spent years bombing. Among them, Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Marlene Dietrich, George Orwell, and W.H. Auden. Feigel traces the experiences of these figures and through their individual stories offers an entirely fresh view of post-war Europe.
Main title:
Author:
Feigel, Lara, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
xi, 443 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408845134 (pbk)
Dewey class:
943.0874943.0874 FEI
Language:
English
BRN:
2388578