Promises to Keep: The Untold Story of a Family Trapped in War-Torn Italy - Couverture souple

Dwyer Ed.D, Thomas F.

 
9780595529001: Promises to Keep: The Untold Story of a Family Trapped in War-Torn Italy
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ISBN 10 : 0595529003 ISBN 13 : 9780595529001
Editeur : iUniverse, 2009

Synopsis

For several decades, Italian-born Domenico Forte worked hard in America with the hopes of bringing his family with him. It was a slow process punctuated by two world wars. Domenico survived the first war, but World War II found him in America while his family was trapped in some of the most ferocious fighting of the Italian campaign. The Forte family eked out an existence on a farm just outside of Pico, a village in central Italy in the foothills of the Aurunci Mountains. The mountains' towering presence, coupled with a nearby labyrinth of strong rivers, became the setting for some of the most brutal combat of WWII. With a population of about 3,000, Pico became the linchpin of the German defenses; its fleeting military importance quickly brought the scourge of battle upon its citizenry. The Forte family was caught in the middle. Promises to Keep chronicles the war in Pico from two perspectives. It examines the military backdrop against which the taking of Pico occurred, and discusses the military celebrities in command at the time of the siege. But more than that, it shows how the brutal reality of war affected the population of Pico.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

For several decades, Italian-born Domenico Forte worked hard in America with the hopes of bringing his family with him. It was a slow process punctuated by two world wars. Domenico survived the first war, but World War II found him in America while his family was trapped in some of the most ferocious fighting of the Italian campaign. The Forte family eked out an existence on a farm just outside of Pico, a village in central Italy in the foothills of the Aurunci Mountains. The mountains' towering presence, coupled with a nearby labyrinth of strong rivers, became the setting for some of the most brutal combat of WWII. With a population of about 3,000, Pico became the linchpin of the German defenses; its fleeting military importance quickly brought the scourge of battle upon its citizenry. The Forte family was caught in the middle. Promises to Keep chronicles the war in Pico from two perspectives. It examines the military backdrop against which the taking of Pico occurred, and discusses the military celebrities in command at the time of the siege. But more than that, it shows how the brutal reality of war affected the population of Pico.

Biographie de l'auteur

Thomas F. Dwyer, Ed.D, is retired from a thirty-nine-year career in manufacturing management. He received his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has authored several short stories and business articles. He is also co-author of the critically acclaimed book Question the Silhouettes.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595529003
ISBN 13 
9780595529001
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Nombre de pages
144
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ISBN 10 :  0595518710 ISBN 13 :  9780595518715
Editeur : iUniverse, 2009
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