The Bitter Taste of Victory. Life, Love and Art in the Ruins of the Reich
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 2016 |
| Pages / Font | 443 pages / Adobe Garamond |
| Barcode | 9781408845134 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4088-4513-4 |
| Chapters | Preface ix Maps xiii Introduction 1 PART I: The Battle for Germany 1944-45 1. 'Setting out for a country that that didn't really exist' 13 Crossing the Siegfried line: November-December 1944 2. 'Nazi Germany is doomed' 28 Advance into Germany: January- April 1945 3. 'We were blind and unbelieving and slow' 43 Victory: April-May 1945 PART II: Ruin and Reconstruction, May-December 1945 4. 'Complete Chaos Guaranteed' 71 Occupation: May-August 1945 5. 'Berlin is boiling in sweltering summer heat' 99 Berlin July-October 1945 6. 'A pain that hurts too much' 120 German Winter: September-December 1945 PART III: Judgement and Hunger 1945-46 7. 'You'll hang then anyhow' 143 Nuremberg: November 1945-March 1946 8. 'Let Germany Live' 168 Fighting the peace: March-May 1946 9. 'Let this trial never finish' 187 Boredom: May-August 1946 10. 'The law tries to keep up with life' 198 Judgement: September-October 1946 PART IV: Tension and Revival, 1946-48 11. 'Their suffering, and often their bravery, make one love them' 221 Cold War: October 1946-October 1947 12. 'I've been the Devil's General on earth too long' 251 Artistic enlightenment: November 1947-January 1948 13. 'In Hell too there are these luxuriant gardens' 275 Germany in California: January-June 1948 PART V: Divided Germany 1948-49 14. 'If this is a war who is our enemy?' 305 The Berlin Airlift: June 1948-May 1949 15. 'Perhaps our deaths will shock you into attention' 335 Division: May-October 1949 Coda: 'Closing time in the gardens of the West' 357 Notes 371 Bibliography 409 Acknowledgements 421 Index 425 |
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