The Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943 - June 1944

Katz, Robert

ISBN 10: 0743216423 / ISBN 13: 9780743216425

Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003

About this Item

418, illus., maps, chronology, appendices, sources and notes, bibliography, index. The definitive history of the fall of Rome to the Allies in World War II.

Seller Inventory # 54411

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Battle for Rome: The Germans, the Allies, the Partisans, and the Pope, September 1943 - June 1944
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743216423
• ISBN 13: 9780743216425
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Book Club Edition. First Printing.
• Condition: very good, very good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • WWII
  • Communism
  • Anti-Semitism

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Synopsis

Traces the Italian campaign during World War II, noting such events as Italy's unexpected surrender to the Allies, Hitler's attack on Rome, the Italian partisan uprising, the German round-up of Italian Jews, and the pope's efforts to preserve the Vatican State. 30,000 first printing.

About the Author

Robert Katz is the author of twelve previous books, including the international bestseller Death in Rome. His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Esquire, and Military History Quarterly. A fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, he lived in Rome for nearly twenty years and now lives in Tuscany in Italy.