- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
2016.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Physical Description
- xxv, 357 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781250065179
- List of Maps
- Preface: Attacking Germans in Defensive Positions: "a most unpleasant and hazardous operation"
- Part 1. Introduction-The Road to the Gothic Line
- 1. Beware of the Rabbit
- 2. The Torturers of Via Tasso
- Part 2. Before the Line
- 3. Italy: A Country Made for Defensive Warfare
- 4. Nisei Soldiers and the Battle for Belvedere
- 5. Indians on the Road to Florence
- 6. Blood and Honor: Partisans and the SS on the Road North
- 7. Best-Laid Plans: The SOE and OSS in Northern Italy
- Part 3. On the Line
- 8. Dug-In Defense: The German Plan
- 9. The Complexities of Command: Lieutenant General Leese and Operation Olive
- 10. A Multinational Assault: Ten Armies on the Gothic Line
- 11. With Infantry and Tanks: The Canadians on the Foglia River
- 12. Green Devils on the Adriatic: The German Defense and the Fall of Rimini
- 13. Mules, Bulldozers, and Bailey Bridges: The Indians on the Apennines
- 14. Alienating the Italian Population: The Massacre at Marzabotto
- 15. Fighting German Artillery and Jim Crow: The Buffalo Soldiers in Tuscany
- 16. At the Point of the Line: The Attack on Seravezza
- Part 4. Behind the Line
- 17. Behind Enemy Lines: The SOE and OSS Missions in the North
- 18. Regular and Irregular Forces: The Fall of Ravenna
- 19. Christmas in the Serchio Valley
- 20. East Wind: The Different Flavors of Communism
- Part 5. After the Line
- 21. The Secret Surrender: Operation Sunrise
- 22. The Last Battles: Colle Musatello and Chioggia
- 23. The Last Day of Battle: Surrender in Italy and Operation Unthinkable
- 24. Justice for the Germans
- Epilogue: What Became of the Characters in the Book?
- Acknowledgments
- Endnotes
- Index
Review by Kirkus Book Review