Description
| Product ID: | 9781803991153 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Fierce |
| Subtitle: | The Untold Story of the Teenager Who Took On the Worst War Criminal Living in America |
| Authors: | Author: Judy Piercey |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, True crime, History of the Americas, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Crime and criminology, Far-right political ideologies and movements, War crimes, True crime, History of the Americas, Jewish studies, Crime & criminology, Fascism & Nazism, War crimes, USA, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Every Goliath has a David - the untold true story of teenager David Whitelaw, who declared war on unspeakable evil For three decades after the Second World War, the ‘Butcher of the Balkans’ lived an idyllic life with his family in a Los Angeles suburb. Andrija Artuković was a senior member of the Ustasha, a Croatian fascist and nationalist movement, and was responsible for the wartime murders of hundreds of thousands of men, women and children. Wanted in Yugoslavia to stand trial for war crimes, he had illegally entered and claimed political asylum in the United States – and his powerful supporters sought to keep him there. Meanwhile, just 10 miles away, David Whitelaw lived with his mother, Judith, who fled Germany in 1938. Seventy-six of her relatives were killed in the Holocaust. When David learned Artuković was living comfortably nearby, he vowed to ensure his deportation to stand trial as a war criminal. But when a firebomb, thrown with the sole intention of causing fear, saw the young man sent to jail, a battle began for his own freedom, while the war criminal remained at large. A true David-versus-Goliath battle, The Fierce is the story of the teenager who helped take down the worst mass murderer and war criminal in America. |
| Imprint Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | The History Press Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-02-02 |
