description: In this brilliant synthesis of social, political, and cultural history, Antony Beevor and Artemis Cooper present a vivid and compelling portrayal of the City of Lights after its liberation. Paris became the diplomatic battleground in the opening stages of the Cold War. Against this volatile political backdrop, every aspect of life is portrayed: scores were settled in a rough and uneven justice, black marketers grew rich on the misery of the population, and a growing number of intellectual luminaries and artists including Hemingway, Beckett, Camus, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Cocteau, and Picasso contributed new ideas and a renewed vitality to this extraordinary moment in time.
language: English
title: Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949
titlecomplete: Paris: After the Liberation 1944-1949
genres: France, Nonfiction, Military History, History, 20th Century, War, Politics, History and Politics, European History, World War II
ratings_count: 908
places: Paris
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, Uk