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The Unknown Dead. Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge.
Peter Schrijvers
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Description for The Unknown Dead. Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge.
Histories of Battle of the Bulge routinely include lists of American, British, and German troop casualties. This book tells the story of ordinary people caught up in war. Peter Schrijvers also examines post-war concerns such as reconstruction, the problem of abandoned land mines and explosives, and relations between civilians and veterans. Num Pages: 344 pages, 24 photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJD; HBWQ; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 803.
Traditional histories of the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge routinely include detailed lists of the casualties suffered by American, British, and German troops. Conspicuously lacking in most accounts, however, are references to the civilians in Belgium and Luxembourg who lost their lives in the same battle. Yet the most reliable current estimates calculate the number of civilians who perished in the Ardennes in six weeks of fighting at approximately three thousand. In gruesome detail, The Unknown Dead tells the story of ordinary people caught up in the maelstrom of war. Renowned historian Peter Schrijvers, a native Belgian, describes the horrific ... Read more
Traditional histories of the hard-fought Battle of the Bulge routinely include detailed lists of the casualties suffered by American, British, and German troops. Conspicuously lacking in most accounts, however, are references to the civilians in Belgium and Luxembourg who lost their lives in the same battle. Yet the most reliable current estimates calculate the number of civilians who perished in the Ardennes in six weeks of fighting at approximately three thousand. In gruesome detail, The Unknown Dead tells the story of ordinary people caught up in the maelstrom of war. Renowned historian Peter Schrijvers, a native Belgian, describes the horrific ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813123523
SKU
V9780813123523
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About Peter Schrijvers
Peter Schrijvers has taught at universities in Belgium, Switzerland, and the United States, and he is currently a lecturer at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the author of several books, including The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe during World War II.
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