Physical Description
1 online resource (496 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps
Contents
List of Maps, Acknowledgements, Author's Introduction, Dramatis Personae, Prologue
Chapter 1: Bombing the Cradle of Christianity
Chapter 2: The Frantic Effort to Leave the Axis
Chapter 3: The Former Allies Square Off
Chapter 4: War in a Museum
the Battle for Rome
Chapter 5: The Gestapo in Rome
Kappler, Espionage, and Sabotage
Chapter 6: First They Take the Jews
Chapter 7: The Vatican Nest of Spies
Chapter 8: Unexpected, but Welcome Help
Chapter 9: Allied POWs Seek Freedom
Chapter 10: Knocking on the Gates of Saint Peter's
Chapter 11: Official Military Resistance
Chapter 12: Ciao Bella, Ciao
the Partigiani
Chapter 13: The Rome Escape Line
Chapter 14: Life under the Gestapo Boot
Raids, Roundups, Food, and Art
Chapter 15: An American Boy Scout OSS Spy in Rome
Chapter 16: A Stranded Whale
Chapter 17: No Roman Holiday
Chapter 18: The Order Has Been Carried Out
Chapter 19: The Roman Spring of 1944
Chapter 20: Prelude to Liberation
Chapter 21: At Long Last, Liberation
Epilogue, Endnotes, Acronyms, Appendices, Bibliography and Resources, Index, Plates.
ISBN
9781472841278
1472841271
Notes
This electronic edition published in 2020 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
List of Maps, Acknowledgements, Author's Introduction, Dramatis Personae, Prologue -- Chapter 1: Bombing the Cradle of Christianity -- Chapter 2: The Frantic Effort to Leave the Axis -- Chapter 3: The Former Allies Square Off -- Chapter 4: War in a Museum--the Battle for Rome -- Chapter 5: The Gestapo in Rome--Kappler, Espionage, and Sabotage -- Chapter 6: First They Take the Jews -- Chapter 7: The Vatican Nest of Spies -- Chapter 8: Unexpected, but Welcome Help -- Chapter 9: Allied POWs Seek Freedom -- Chapter 10: Knocking on the Gates of Saint Peter's -- Chapter 11: Official Military Resistance -- Chapter 12: Ciao Bella, Ciao--the Partigiani -- Chapter 13: The Rome Escape Line -- Chapter 14: Life under the Gestapo Boot--Raids, Roundups, Food, and Art -- Chapter 15: An American Boy Scout OSS Spy in Rome -- Chapter 16: A Stranded Whale -- Chapter 17: No Roman Holiday -- Chapter 18: The Order Has Been Carried Out -- Chapter 19: The Roman Spring of 1944 -- Chapter 20: Prelude to Liberation -- Chapter 21: At Long Last, Liberation -- Epilogue, Endnotes, Acronyms, Appendices, Bibliography and Resources, Index, Plates.
