The interpreter
By: Alice Kaplan.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780743254243
Subjects: Hendricks, James E., 1923-1944 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Whittington, George P, 1913-1996 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Guilloux, Louis, 1899-; United States. Army -- Officers.; African American soldiers -- France -- Social conditions.; African American solders -- History -- 20th century.; World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.; Courts-martial and courts of inquiry -- France.; Trials (Murder) -- France.
Description: Draws on the account of World War II French political novelist and court interpreter Louis Guilloux, who witnessed general Patton's example-setting executions of seventy American troops, many of whom the interpreter believed were condemned because of their race.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-223) and index.