Sandi K W. (Sandiinmississippi) reviewed on 1/20/2016 + 265 more book reviews

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It's about Ambassador Dodd & his family in the years prior to World War II as they were stationed in Germany. The research was amazingly well done and interestingly footnoted by author Erik Larson, whom I always enjoy. I learned a lot about the details of how Nazis took power, in fact got the people of the country to beg them to take more power. And, while the book doesn't preach, it does give some eerie descriptions of the feeling which came over the city as more and more citizens decided to simply ignore the overeach of Hitler and pretend all was well. Very good writing.

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