America and the return of Nazi contraband : the recovery of Europe's cultural treasures / Michael J. Kurtz
Imprint
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
Descript
x, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Nazi looting: the war against European culture, 1933-1945 -- Wartime frustrations: great power diplomacy and cultural restitution -- Restitution imbroglio: the American dilemma in the first six months of occupation -- Cultural restitution in the American zone, 1946-1949 -- Special concern: the Jewish inheritance -- Conflict and cooperation: the pollitics of restitution in the Cold War -- Restitution at home: the American scene -- Renewed ferment: restitution in the Post-Cold War era