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Hisbury the chainswas a finalist for the national book award and won thelos angeles timesbook prize and pen usa literary award. In his previous works, on subjects as diverse as the belgian congo and the victims of stalinism, hochschild has distinguished himself as a historian from below, as it were, or from the viewpoint of the victims. Adam hochschild, author of king leopolds ghost and to end all wars. Adam hochschilds to end all wars, on world war i the.

To end all wars, by adam hochschild the globe and mail. To end all wars with adam hochschild part 1 of 2 youtube. Of course, its both but after reading adam hochschild s absorbing new book, i am more persuaded than ever that the great war fits better at the close. Author adam hochschild explores those divisions in his book to end all wars. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, adam hochschild brings the centuryold story of world war i to life in a stark and dramatic new way. As war histories go there are probably more detailed blow by blow books but in this centenary of the start of the war to end all wars, hochschilds history is a vital counterpoint to the cowardly conservative ministers and revisionist historians who wish to rewrite the history of the great war and make it seem like a fight for democracy and free will, which is all the more dubious after reading this book. Of course, its both but after reading adam hochschilds absorbing new book, i am more persuaded than ever that the great war fits better at the close of the 19th century than the dawn of the.

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A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 9780547750316. World war i stands as one of historys most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by adam hochschild. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, adam hochschild brings it to life as never before. April 30, 2011 in 1914, thousands of soldiers eagerly boarded trains across europe to fight in world war i. A story of protest and patriotism in the first world war.