Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II AUTH-9732633 DECLARE YOUR GREATNESS Americans have

DECLARE YOUR GREATNESS Americans have always had the sense they are destined to the best or first at everything they do

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Published: 10/23/2002

Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II AUTH-9732633 DECLARE YOUR GREATNESS Americans haveWinner of the PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize A superb and immensely important book. Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another ten years The end of World War II in Europe is remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, but the reality was quite different. Across Europe, landscapes had been ravaged, entire cities razed, and more than thirty