Name: The Bitter Road to Freedom
ISBN: 9780743273817

William I. Hitchcock

A revisionist account of the liberation of Europe in World War II from the perspectives of Europeans offers insight into the more complicated aspects of the occupation, the cultural differences between Europeans and Americans, and their perspectives on the moral implications of military action. 75,000 first printing.

A New History of the Liberation of Europe

The Bitter Road to Freedom

Jeni Enjaian

After two disappointments in a row when it comes to works of history, I'm glad that the next one I'm going to read comes highly recommended by someone who I know has discerning and similar taste to my own. (aka my dad)
The bitterness referenced in the title seeps through the entire book. No party, Allied or Axis, escapes being painted by the bitter brush. Every thing seems bleak and hopeless. Yes, all these atrocities took place during the Second World War but good things happened as well. Hitchcock avoids mentioning almost all of them. 
He also struggles with the timeline. At the start of the narrative, Hitchcock states that he is beginning with D-Day and moving forward. However, after about a third of the book, Hitchcock jumps back three years to the start of the war and from there the timeline becomes a muddled mess.
I definitely do not recommend this book.

The Bitter Road to Freedom A New History of the Liberation of Europe

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