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\nSaving Italy: A Conversation with Robert Edsel, Monuments Men Author: Part 2, "War in an Art Museum"\n

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\nAuthor, historian and founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, Robert M. Edsel sits down with president and CEO of The National WWII Museum, Nick Mueller, to discuss his newest book 'Saving...\nAuthor, historian and founder and president of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art, Robert M. Edsel sits down with president and CEO of The National WWII Museum, Nick Mueller, to discuss his newest book 'Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis.' On Thursday, May 30, 2013, the Museum will host a lecture and book signing event with Mr. Edsel. Find out more at In the second of this three-part series, Robert Edsel discusses the unique military problems related to fighting a war \"in a goddamned art museum.\" Robert M. Edsel is the author of the non-fiction books, Rescuing Da Vinci and The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History, as well as the forthcoming book Saving Italy, to be published in Spring 2013. He is the co-producer of the documentary film, The Rape of Europa, and Founder and President of the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art. In January 2012 George Clooney announced he would write, direct and star in the film version of Mr. Edsel's book, The Monuments Men.\n
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