| Escape Via Berlin: Eluding Franco in Hitler's Europe Contributor(s): Aguirre, Jose Antonio (Author) |
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ISBN: 0874171679 ISBN-13: 9780874171679 Publisher: University of Nevada Press OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 1991 Annotation: Jose Antonio de Aguirre was president of the Basque Republic during its brief and tragic history but was forced into exile when the Nationalists overran his fledgling country and the German invasion caught him between Franco and Hitler. More than a mere adventure tale, his story is one of survival. This annotated edition of Aguirre's story, published nearly 50 years after the book first appeared, attests to the timeliness and foresight of his message. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Spain & Portugal - History | Military - World War Ii |
| Dewey: 946.081 |
| LCCN: 90-25186 |
| Series: Basque (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.35" H x 6.25" W x 9.31" (1.82 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jos Antonio de Aguirre, the exiled President of the Basque Republic, found himself caught between the Spanish Nationalists and the Gestapo as the Germans invaded France in 1940. This book is first and foremost the exciting account of a miraculous escape from the Germans, but it contains far more than mere adventure; threaded into the story are pictures of democracy and dictatorship and their effects on the lives of individuals, of religion in war, of human progress and decency surviving every adversity, of optimism where it might be least expected. Here is a man, by temperament a philosopher and by career the president of his people, interpreting 1940s Europe for his readers and explaining how people in Berlin, Antwerp, and Paris felt. This annotated edition, published nearly 50 years after the book first appeared, attests to the timeliness and foresight of Aguirre's message. Annotations and introduction by Robert Clark. |