A review by andiesmith
Naples 1944: War, Liberation and Chaos by Keith Lowe

5.0

Keith Lowe has chronicled, a subject we don’t always talk about, the terrible and often unexpected consequences of war. Both are magnified in Naples, Italy. Even before the fall of Mussolini, Naples was a city of contrast and the allied occupation of it intensified it. While the allied forced sis repair a lot of the infrastructure that was destroyed by the Germans, they also did a lot of damage to the women and men of Naples, and the economy. 

 

I appreciated Lowe for acknowlg=dgin the fact few if any primary sources exist when it comes to some of the subject he wrote about in the book, because of shame. He also acknowledges as an outsider, he is not the one to do those interviews. We often gloss over the damage both sides do during war. I enjoyed this read. If you are a WWII history nerd, please read this book! 

 

Thank you NetGalley and St.Martin’s Press  for the ARC.