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The long road home : the aftermath of the second World War
Item details
- ISBN: 9781400040681 (hc.)
- ISBN: 140004068X (hc.)
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Physical Description:
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xii, 489 p. : map ; 25 cm. - Edition: 1st American ed.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain in slightly different form by The Bodley Head, London, 2010"--T.p. verso. "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-470) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Author's note -- Introduction: "An enormous deal of kindness" -- Feeding the war machine -- Food and freedom -- The origin of the perpetual muddle -- Half the nationalities of Europe on the march -- The psychological moment -- The surviving remnant -- Feed the brutes? -- Dollars or death -- You pick it up fast -- Even if the gates are locked -- Skryning -- Save them first and argue after -- We grossly underestimated the destruction -- Dwell, eat, breed, wait -- The best interests of the child -- Good human stock -- We lived to see it -- America's fair share -- Legacies. |
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| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 Refugees World War, 1939-1945 Forced repatriation Repatriation Europe History 20th century Repatriation Asia History 20th century |
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