Distilling an enormous quantity of research, [Lochery] has rendered a fascinating and readable account of this small country's role in World War II, protected, as it was, by its wily champion.
The Wall Street Journal on LISBON

A lively, accessible and hair-raising history revealing every sordid detail of Lisbon during World War II--a time and place that many have chosen to forget in order to save face. -- Shelf Awareness on LISBON

Professor Neill Lochery is a world-renowned authority on the politics and modern history of Europe and the Mediterranean Middle East. He is a professor of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Studies at University College London and the author of a dozen books including: Lisbon: War in the Shadows of the City of Light 1939-45 (Perseus), Brazil: The Fortunes of War and the Making of Modern Brazil and The Resistible Rise of Benjamin Netanyahu. He lives in London.

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