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Praise for Charles Glasss Americans in Paris

[Charles Glass] sketches in the complexities, moral, political, and practical, that assailed American expatriates as Paris moved from the comfort of the phony war to the privations of the real war.... Such stories would be interesting in their own right. The extra value that Mr. Glass brings is to insert them seamlessly into the context of international diplomacy and the history of the war.

The Economist

Glass, a former journalist, has written a lively account of the moral and political quandaries and increasing privations under German occupation. He skillfully uses memoirs, diaries, letters, documents, and official records to draw a picture of expatriates caught in a mesh of deceit, bravery, self-sacrifice, and fear, and places them in the context of diplomacy and the wider war.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

An account of the 2,000 Americans who remained in Paris during the Second World War is rich in intrigue and heroism.... For anyone interested in France during this period it is a fascinating treat.

Antony Beevor, Daily Telegraph (London)

Charles Glass has written one of those rare books that makes you laugh and cry, that catches you up in the sweep of history.

The Irish Times

These fascinating tales reflect the complicated network of choices passive compromise, outright collaboration, patient retreat, and active resistancethat existed for Americans caught in the German web.

Booklist

Glasss tales... illuminate a dark, fascinating period in World War II history.

Kirkus Reviews

Charles Glasss fascinating and absorbing account of American civilians trapped in Paris under the Nazi occupation.... He makes us think again about the nature of life in occupied Paris and refreshes what many would consider something of a tired and overworked period of contemporary history.... Glass writes with great fluency and verve and evident scholarship and has unearthed facts and figures that both illuminate and perturb.

Sunday Times (London)

Charles Glasss highly impressive new book tells us of an assortment of U.S. citizens who remained in Paris during the war. Charles Glass describes the various realities with just the right combination of objectivity and compassion; this is a moving and deeply thought-provoking book.

Sunday Telegraph (London)

Provides valuable insight into a little-known theater of that great tragicomic mess which we call the Second World War.

Spectator

Wartime France comes alive in Charles Glasss new book.... A fine piece of historical research, and powerful insight into one of the darkest periods of modern European history.

Evening Standard (London)

A taut, beguiling narrative.

The Daily Express (London)

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AMERICANS IN PARIS

Charles Glass has written Tribes with Flags, The Tribes Triumphant, Money for Old Rope, and The Northern Front. He was ABC News chief Middle East correspondent from 1983 to 1993 and has covered conflict in the Middle East, Africa, and the Balkans. A regular contributor to Harpers Magazine and the London Review of Books, he divides his time among Paris, London, and Tuscany.

CHARLES GLASS

Americans in Paris

LIFE AND DEATH
UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION

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First published in Great Britain by HarperPress, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Limited 2009

First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2010

Published in Penguin Books 2011

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE HARDCOVER EDITION AS FOLLOWS:

Glass, Charles, 1951

Americans in Paris : life and death under Nazi occupation / Charles Glass.

p. cm.

Originally published : London : Harper, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN: 978-1-101-19556-7

1. AmericansFranceParisHistory20th century. 2. FranceHistoryGerman occupation, 19401945. 3. Paris (France)History19401944. 4. Paris (France)Intellectual life20th century. 5. World War, 19391945FranceParis. I. Title.

DC718.A44G53 2010

944.3610816092313dc22 2009039650

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To the memory and glorious spirit of Charles Glass, Jr., my father and unwavering partisan, born 11 October, 1920, died 2 February, 2008.

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