LEADER 05369cam a2200601 i 4500001 280297 005 20240621234906.0 008 210824t20202020nyuabf b 001 0 eng 010 2019044455 019 113609452211375947351138706010 020 9781250258014 |qhardcover 020 1250258014 |qhardcover 020 |z9781250258007 |qelectronic book 024 8 40029813495 035 (OCoLC)on1097579472 035 280297 037 |bSt Martins Pr, C/O Mps 16365 James Madison Hwy Us Hwy 15, Gordonsville, VA, USA, 22942, (212)6745151 |nSAN 631-5011 042 pcc 043 e-gx--- 049 LHMA 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCO |dOCLCF |dOCO |dRB0 |dIZ8 |dYDX |dOCLCO |dIEP |dYDX |dCLE |dYUS |dYU6 |dOCLCO |dLEB |dOCL |dOCLCO |dOCL |dGSU |dTOH |dB@L |dKYC 050 00 D757.9.D7 |bM335 2020 100 1 McKay, Sinclair, |eauthor. 245 14 The fire and the darkness : |bthe bombing of Dresden, 1945 / |cSinclair McKay. 246 30 Bombing of Dresden, 1945 250 First U.S. edition. 264 1 New York, NY : |bSt. Martin's Press, |c2020. 264 4 |c©2020 300 xxv, 369, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : |billustrations, maps ; |c25 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 |gPart one: |tApproaching fury. |tDays before -- |tIn the forests of the Gauleiter -- |tDethroning of reason -- |tArt and degeneracy -- |tGlass man and the physicists -- |t'A sort of little London' -- |tScience of doomsday -- |tCorrect atmospheric conditions -- |tHosing out -- |tDevil will get no rest -- |gPart two: |tSchreckensnacht. |tDay of darkness -- |tFive minutes before the sirens -- |tInto the abyss -- |tShadows and light -- |t10.03 p.m. -- |tBurning eyes -- |tMidnight -- |tSecond wave -- |tFrom among the dead -- |tThird wave -- |gPart three: |tAftershock. |tDead men and dreamers -- |tRadiant tombs -- |tMeanings of terror -- |tMusic of the dead -- |tRecoil -- |t'The Stalinist style' -- |tBeauty and remembrance. 520 Narrative nonfiction account of the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. Looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there. 520 1 "A gripping work of narrative nonfiction recounting the history of the Dresden Bombing, one of the most devastating attacks of World War II. On February 13th, 1945 at 10:03 PM, British bombers began one of the most devastating attacks of WWII: the bombing of Dresden. The first contingent killed people and destroyed buildings, roads, and other structures. The second rained down fire, turning the streets into a blast furnace, the shelters into ovens, and whipping up a molten hurricane in which the citizens of Dresden were burned, baked, or suffocated to death. Early the next day, American bombers finished off what was left. Sinclair McKay's The Fire and the Darkness is a pulse-pounding work of history that looks at the life of the city in the days before the attack, tracks each moment of the bombing, and considers the long period of reconstruction and recovery. The Fire and the Darkness is powered by McKay's reconstruction of this unthinkable terror from the points of view of the ordinary civilians: Margot Hille, an apprentice brewery worker; Gisela Reichelt, a ten-year-old schoolgirl; boys conscripted into the Hitler Youth; choristers of the Kreuzkirche choir; artists, shop assistants, and classical musicians, as well as the Nazi officials stationed there. What happened that night in Dresden was calculated annihilation in a war that was almost over. Sinclair McKay's brilliant work takes a complex, human, view of this terrible night and its aftermath in a gripping book that will be remembered long after the last page is turned."-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 651 0 Dresden (Germany) |xHistory |yBombardment, 1945. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |zGermany |zDresden. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAerial operations, British. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xAerial operations, American. 650 7 HISTORY / Europe / Germany. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY / Military / World War II. |2bisacsh 650 7 Military operations, Aerial |xAmerican. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710199 650 7 Military operations, Aerial |xBritish. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01710205 651 7 Germany |zDresden. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01205937 647 7 World War |d(1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 647 7 Bombardment of Dresden |c(Dresden, Germany : |d1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01352055 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Creative nonfiction. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919909 655 7 Creative nonfiction. |2lcgft 655 7 History. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01411628 852 0 |bscstacks |hD757.9.D7 |iM335 2020