The race for Rome
by Dan Kurzman
- Garden City, New York Doubleday & Co 1975
- 488 p.
Includes Index and Bibliography
Chronology (dates/events leading to the allied liberation of Rome); acknowledgements (extensive list of contributors to this work).
A popular history of the Allied liberation of Rome from the Nazis during World War II, describing not only the military maneuvering, but also the plight of the inhabitants of Rome, and the role of their leaders, Pope Pius XII and the city's chief Rabbi.