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Originally Posted by Slipdigit  Is Paris Burning? by Cornelius Ryan, if you can find it. Avoid the movie of the same name.
Before reading it though many, many years ago, I thought ill of the French for not "following the plan" and driving on into Paris. I understood after reading it why DeGaulle ordered Leclerc on in and agreed with the decision. |
One slight correction: "
Is Paris Burning?" is co-written by
Larry Collins and
Dominique Lapierre.
The book is very well done, if a bit romanticized, but then much WW 2 history written at the time was a bit romanticized. Still a good read and an excellent reference to use while strolling through Paris looking for battle scars.
As Slipdigit said, the movie is to be avoided - Not very good. There have been rumors of a remake, which would be nice.