ISBN10: 0465003370, ISBN13: 9780465003372, [publisher: NY. 2007. Basic Books] Hardcover grey & red hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. 2nd printing ( # 2 in # line). xxviii+618p. 30 glossy b&w photos & illustrations. notes. further reading. index. world history. world war ii. nazi germany. cold war. american history. ~ When the Third Reich collapsed in 1945, the Allied powers converged on Germany and divided it into four zones of occupation. A nation in tatters, in many places literally flattened by bombs, was suddenly subjected to brutal occupation by vengeful victors. Hundreds of thousands of women were raped; hundreds of thousands of Germans and German~speakers died in the course of brutal deportations from Eastern Europe. By the end of the year, Germany was literally starving to death. Over a million German prisoners of war died in captivity, where they were subjected to inadequate rations and often tortured. All told, an astounding 2.25 million German civilians died violent deaths in the period between the liberation of Vienna and the Berlin airlift. A shocking account of a massive and brutal military ...