Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949

By (author): "Artemis Cooper, Antony Beevor"
Publish Date: 1994
Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949
ISBN0142437921
ISBN139780142437926
AsinParis: After the Liberation 1944-1949
Original titleParis After the Liberation 1944-1949
"A rich and intriguing story whcih the authors disentangle with great skill."--Sunday TelegraphBeevor's Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge is now available from Viking Books In this brilliant synthesis of social, political, and cultural history, Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper present a vivid and compelling portrayal of the City of Lights after its liberation. Paris became the diplomatic battleground in the opening stages of the Cold War. Against this volatile political backdrop, every aspect of life is portrayed: scores were settled in a rough and uneven justice, black marketers grew rich on the misery of the population, and a growing number of intellectual luminaries and artists including Hemingway, Beckett, Camus, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Cocteau, and Picassocontributed new ideas and a renewed vitality to this extraordinary moment in time.