The Road Back to Paris

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Summary: "The New Yorker" does WW II- a vivid, personal account
Review: The only reason this book is a "9" is because "10's" are reserved for the likes of Melville, Shakespeare, Bo Derek, et. al. This is a must for anyone who enjoys reading history. It is an account of World War II from the fall of Paris through the days when the U.S. entered the war and the tide began to turn. Fleeing Paris, Liebling treats the reader to a transatlantic trip aboard a Norwegian tanker and then back to the war in North Africa. Throughout Liebling maintains a witty, humane tone and devotes himself to accounts of day-to-day life among pilots, soldiers and citizens. Libling's writing is vivid and conveys to the reader a sense of "being there"