To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

作者 Adam Hochschild著
出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
出版时间 2011年5月第1版
ISBN 9780618758289
定价 235.40

内容简介

PRAISEFORADAMHOCHSCHILDANDTOENDALLWARS“Inthisdeeplymovinghistoryoftheso-calledGreatWar,thoseopposingitsmindlessfollyreceiveequalbillingwiththepoliticians,generals,andpropagandistsobduratelyinsistingonitsperpetuation.ImplicitinAdamHochschild’saccountisthischillingwarning:oncegovernmentsbecomecaptiveofwarstheypurporttocontrol,theyturnnextontheirownpeople.”—AndrewJ.Bacevich,authorofWashingtonRules:America’sPathtoPermanentWar“AdamHochschildistherarehistorianwhofusesdeepscholarshipwithnovelisticflair.Inhishands,WorldWarIbecomesaclashnotonlyofempiresandarmies,butofindividuals:KingandKaiser,warriorsandpacifists,coalminersandaristocrats.Epicyethuman-scaled,thisishistoryforbuffsandnovicesalike,astirringandprovocativeexplorationoftheGreatWarandthenatureofwaritself.”—TonyHorwitz,authorofAVoyageLongandStrange

作者简介

ADAMHOCHSCHILD?haswrittenforTheNewYorker,Harper's,TheNewYorkReviewofBooks,Granta,TheNewYorkTimesMagazine,andmanyothernewspapersandmagazines.InKingLeopold’sGhost,BurytheChains,andotherbooks,Hochschildhasearnedareputationasamasterofsuspenseandvividcharacterportrayal.HisskillatevokingsuchstrugglesforjusticehasmadehimafinalistfortheNationalBookAwardandwonhimahostofotherprizes.

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