Was Paris Burning? (Refined)

Author: Larry Collins
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Publish Date: 2002-09-03
Features: "Were the Lights Out in Paris?" vividly and detailedly depicts the entire battle to liberate Paris in August 1944. The two authors, Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, are journalists for U.S. Newsweek and French Paris Match. They strive for factual accuracy in their work, spending nearly three years collecting materials, reviewing military archives from the U.S., France, and Germany, and interviewing over 800 people ranging from Eisenhower, de Gaulle's senior aides, and Schuldt to ordinary soldiers and Parisians from France, the U.S., and Germany. They used the firsthand experiences of 536 of them, making it possible for the book to have data for every fact, a name for every person, and sources for every sentence. On the other hand, they leverage the strengths of journalists, writing engaging and captivating articles that make readers feel as if they are reading an enthralling thriller, unable to put it down. As a work of reportage, it can be considered a model of the genre.