The rape of Belgium : the untold story of World War I / Larry Zuckerman.
The rape of Belgium : the untold story of World War I / Larry Zuckerman.
The rape of Belgium : the untold story of World War I / Larry Zuckerman.
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New York : New York University Press, c2004.
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N940.3493/3
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English
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337 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. Your neighbor's roof ; 2. Marching through hell ; 3. The ghost of 1870 ; 4. Belgium does not ask for pity ; 5. A vague and misty unreality ; 6. This poisoned atmosphere ; 7. A neutral attitude of mind ; 8. Hell's premises ; 9. Taking note of these things ; 10. Mort pour la patrie ; 11. Like a thi...
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New York : New York University Press, c2004.
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New York (State)
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c2004.
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"In August 1914, the German Army invaded neutral Belgium, violating a treaty that the German chancellor dismissed as a "scrap of paper." The invaders terrorized the Belgians, shooting thousands of civilians and looting and burning scores of towns, including - most infamously - Louvain, site of the country's preeminent university.".
"The Rape of Belgium recalls the bloodshed and destruction, and the outrage they inspired abroad. Yet Larry Zuckerman does not stop there, and takes us on a harrowing journey over the next fifty months of German occupation. Relying extensively on untapped Belgian and American archives, he documents how the occupiers systematically plundered a major...
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The rape of Belgium : the untold story of World War I / Larry Zuckerman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N940.3493/3
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74VK2KvdwEDA
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0814797040 :
9780814797044 (alk. paper)
0814797040 (alk. paper)
9780814797044 :
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940.3493
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991017976329702626
