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Considering the suspicions, jealousies, bigotry, and crass opportunism inherent whenever one power occupies another, Golden Ghetto: How the Americans and French Fell In and Out of Love During the Cold War pieces together an improbable tale of how fear and skepticism were crushed by trust and friendship. Award-winning journalist Steve Bassett stumbled onto this story shortly after he and his wife purchased a home in Sainte Colombe in Central France. They heard countless, somewhat mystical tales about how a huge U.S. Air Force base transformed the political, economic, and social lives of two French and American generations lucky enough to grab on to the base's brass ring. If ever a U.S. military base deserved the sobriquet "Golden Ghetto," it was the Déols-Châteauroux Air Station (CHAS), which for sixteen years during the height of the Cold War was considered one of the most desirable postings in the world, until Charles de Gaulle booted the Americans and other NATO military out of France and the Golden Ghetto was padlocked. Based on hundreds of hours of research and interviews, Golden Ghetto is a collective memoir, a first-ever look at life on an overseas base from the perspectives of both the occupied and occupier. Professional and amateur historians as well as casual readers will be enthralled by this bird's eye view of how early Communist-driven distrust and paranoia never stood a chance against handshakes, smiles, and kisses.
About the Author:

Steve Bassett was born, raised, and educated in New Jersey before joining the dwindling number of itinerant newsmen roaming the countryside in search of just about everything. Stints as a featured reporter with newspapers in New Jersey, Illinois, and Salt Lake City were followed by Associated Press assignments in Phoenix and finally as Special Urban Affairs writer in San Francisco. Then came CBS television news, three Emmy Awards for his investigative documentaries, and the prestigious first Medallion Award, presented by the California Bar Association for "Distinguished Reporting on the Administration of Justice." Along the way he found time to author The Battered Rich (Ashley Books), exposing seldom discussed but widespread marital abuse among the affluent. He lives in Placitas, New Mexico.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781939096241
  • Publisher: Xeno Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Xeno Books
  • Depth: 19
  • Height: 226 mm
  • No of Pages: 324
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: How the Americans & French Fell in & Out of Love During the Cold War
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1939096243
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Edition: 1
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 480 gr


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