Library Stamp FLEP. Original FLEP has been neatly excised, else content appears as unread and unblemished with fine oyster/blue boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear in DJ displaying no significant surface/edge wear as shown.In September 1943, the German army marched into Rome, beginning an occupation that would last nine months until Allied forces liberated the ancient city. During those 270 days, clashing factions -- the occupying Germans, the Allies, the growing resistance movement, and the Pope -- contended for control over the destiny of the Eternal City. In The Battle for Rome, Robert Katz vividly recreates the drama of the occupation and offers new information from recently declassified documents to explain the intentions of the rival forces. One of the enduring myths of World War II is the legend that Rome was an "open city," free from military activity. In fact the German occupation was brutal, beginning almost immediately with the first roundup of Jews in Italy. Rome was a strategic prize that the Germans and the Allies fought bitterly to win. The Allied advance up the Italian peninsula from Salerno and Anzio in some of the bloodiest fighting of the war was designed to capture the Italian capital. Dominating the city in his own way was Pope Pius XII, who used his authority in a ceaseless effort to spare Rome, especially the Vatican and the papal properties, from destruction. Insurance & handling is included ...

ISBN10: 0743216423, ISBN13: 9780743216425, [publisher: Simon & Schuster July 2003] Hardcover Hardcover. Minor shelf-wear to book and jacket. Interior is clean and unmarked, binding solid.
[Anacortes, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

Simon & Schuster 2003 Hard cover Very Good 2003. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.

ISBN10: 0743216423, ISBN13: 9780743216425, [publisher: Simon & Schuster.] Hardcover 2003. Hardcover. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

Simon & Schuster, Date: 2003-08-06. Hardcover. Used: Good. 2003. Simon & Schuster ISBN 0743216423 9780743216425 [US]

Simon & Schuster 2003 First Edition Hardcover Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket 0743216423.

ISBN10: 0743216423, ISBN13: 9780743216425, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Hardcover First Edition
[ypsilanti, MI, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

ISBN10: 0743216423, ISBN13: 9780743216425, [publisher: Simon & Schuster] Hardcover Pages clean and unmarked; boards and spine in very good condition; dust jacket is clean.A very nice BCE. Debunks the myth that Rome was an "open city" free from military activity during World War II.
[Greensboro, NC, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]

Smon & Schuster, Date: 2003. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good++. This is a square and firm Black cover WWII Hardback in Very Good+ condition with a Very Good++ jacket. c2003, Book Club Edition.This book is in Very Nice condition both inside and out. It has a very bright & clean cover with very nice edges. (There is some mild wrinkle to the spine ends). The pages are tight & bright & unmarked, no names. Great illustrations!!. The jacket is also very bright & very clean with very little shelf wear. No remainder marks. 418 pages. #21075-1223 2003. Smon & Schuster ISBN 0743216423 9780743216425 [US]

Simon & Schuster, Date: 2003. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Dustjacket and cover have light wear. Stated first printing. 2003. Simon & Schuster ISBN 0743216423 9780743216425 [US]