{"product_id":"the-rape-of-belgium-the-untold-story-of-world-war-i","title":"The Rape of Belgium: The Untold Story of World War I","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn August 1914  the German Army invaded the neutral nation of Belgium  violating a treaty that the German chancellor dismissed as a \"scrap of paper.\" The invaders terrorized the Belgians  shooting thousands of civilians and looting and burning scores of towns  including Louvain  which housed the countrys preeminent university. The Rape of Belgium recalls the bloodshed and destruction of the 1914 invasion  and the outrage it inspired abroad. Yet Larry Zuckerman does not stop there  and takes us on a harrowing journey over the next fifty months  vividly documenting Germanys occupation of Belgium. The occupiers plundered the country  looting its rich supply of natural resources; deporting Belgians en masse to Germany and northern France as forced laborers; and jailing thousands on contrived charges  including the failure to inform on family or neighbors. Despite the duration of the siege and the destruction left in its wake  in considering Belgium  neither the Allies nor the history books focused on the occupation  and instead cast their attention almost wholly on the invasion. Now  The Rape of Belgium draws on a little-known story to remind us of the horrors of war. Further  Zuckerman shows why the Allies refrained from punishing the Germans for the occupation and controversially suggests that had the victors followed through  Europes reaction to the rise of Nazi Germany might have taken a very different course.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984621039669,"sku":"ByrdShop_0814797040","price":46.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780814797044.jpg?v=1770839478","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-rape-of-belgium-the-untold-story-of-world-war-i","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}