02845cam a2200337 4500 530587548 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781632865533 163286553X B01D1R23EE Amazon 5072efef-6c51-4819-b1b9-4df7a17a94f4 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2640554 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Feigel, Lara. The Bitter Taste of Victory [Libby] : Life, Love, and Art in the Ruins of the Reich. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3616kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3821kB. Biography & Autobiography. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>When Germany surrendered in May 1945 it was a nation reduced to rubble. Immediately, America, Britain, Soviet Russia, and France set about rebuilding in their zones of occupation. Most urgent were physical needs—food, water, and sanitation—but from the start the Allies were also anxious to indoctrinate the German people in the ideas of peace and civilization.<br /> <br /> Denazification and reeducation would be key to future peace, and the arts were crucial guides to alternative, less militaristic ways of life. In an extraordinary extension of diplomacy, over the next four years, many writers, artists, actors, and filmmakers were dispatched by Britain and America to help rebuild the country their governments had spent years bombing. Ernest Hemingway, Martha Gellhorn, Marlene Dietrich, George Orwell, Lee Miller, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Billy Wilder, and others undertook the challenge of reconfiguring German society. In the end, many of them became disillusioned by the contrast between the destruction they were witnessing and the cool politics of reconstruction.<br /> <br /> While they may have had less effect on Germany than Germany had on them, the experiences of these celebrated figures, never before told, offer an entirely fresh view of post-war Europe. <i>The Bitter Taste of Victory</i> is a brilliant and important addition to the literature of World War II.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5072efef-6c51-4819-b1b9-4df7a17a94f4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5072efef-6c51-4819-b1b9-4df7a17a94f4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5072efef-6c51-4819-b1b9-4df7a17a94f4&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)