An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the YearA rigorous, mythbusting look at the citys chaotic recovery in the wake of war and fascism Financial TimesThe 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 some of them truly shocking 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 citys 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 parttime prostitution simply to obtain food. Then Vesuvius erupted.Lowes 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....

Binding: Hardcover;400 pages; Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers - UK Wholesale Acct; Classification: HBJD; Weight: 852 g; Dimensions: 242 x 163 x 39

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