Ronald Ros­bot­tom is the Winifred L. Arms Pro­fes­sor in the Arts and Human­i­ties and a pro­fes­sor of French and Euro­pean Stud­ies at Amherst Col­lege. His pre­vi­ous book, When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Unfer Ger­man Occu­pa­tion 1940 – 1944, was long list­ed for the Nation­al Book Award in Non­fic­tion. He divides his time between Amherst Mass­a­chu­setts and Paris.