Helpful Score: 3
Published in the midst of WWII (January, 1944), this book takes a look at the circumstances surrounding the American occupation of a town in Italy and what needed to be accomplished to be effective and successful in the process of reintegrating that town into a post-Mussolini world. Essentially, this is a book published during the course of the struggle, which outlines what needed to occur for the "occupation" to to be effective in converting a community which had beem dominated by fascist forces into one which would be able to succeed in the post-war democratic world. Sound familiar? This book is is a timely read for anybody who is likely to be involved, or has family likely to be involved, in deployment to Afghanistan or Iraq.
Helpful Score: 1
Very interesting historical fiction. When the Americans conquered Italy after WW!! it became the job of one Italian American Major to solve the problems of the small town of Adano. The character descriptions are great, and there's lots of humor amidst the angst.
