A story of the loyalty and rebellion, 1914 1918 was the major inspiration for the world is my country. Using the history of the british conscientious objectors movement as a framework, adam hochschilds to end all wars is a succinct, readable overview of word war i. American journalist adam hochschild has created a work that is both striking in. In the nuclear age, the consequences would be dreadful, and most politicians in both the u. Adam hochschild is a national book awardnominated author and cofounder of mother jones. His title, which needless to say is ironic, is drawn from one of the many euphemistic phrases. To end all wars, by adam hochschild the globe and mail. Excerpt to end all wars by adam hochschild the new. Author adam hochschild explores those divisions in his book to end all wars.
See all 17 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. His safe area gorazde was named best comic book of the year by time magazine. Many of these dissenters were thrown in jail for their opposition to the war, from a future nobel prize winner to an editor behind bars who distributed a clandestine newspaper on toilet paper. Adam hochschild is the san franciscobased author of seven books, including king leopolds ghost. How the first world war divided britain, by adam hochschild. Len knighton this is a book that tells a different story of world war one, a story that needs to be told and read. A story of protest and patriotism in the first world war hochschild, adam on. Hochschild did a good job of reporting as a historian and avoided prejudice view points this is a must read for those who want to learn about what happened to those who opposed the war and the politics of the time. Adam hochschilds stirring account of world war i concentrates on appalling losses in the ranks and the courage of dissenters. American journalist adam hochschild has created a work that is both striking in contextual intrigue and simple in structure. Hisbury the chainswas a finalist for the national book award and won thelos angeles timesbook prize and pen usa literary award. The human toll of the war to end all wars historian adam hochschild traces the patriotic fervor that catapulted great britain into war during the. Hochschilds objective description and analysis reveal. Adam hochschild, a longtime supporter of the nieman foundations narrative program, published a new book last month, to end all wars.
To end all wars is a worthy treatise that shines a humanizing light into a part of one of. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 houghton mifflin harcourt, has just been published. Adam hochschild book passages conversations with authors. In his new book, to end all wars, hochschild, an american, turns to. His wellknown works include king leopolds ghost, to end all wars. This is a book to make one feel deeply and painfully, and also to think hard.
A story of protest and patriotism in the first world war. To end all wars by adam hochschild book trailer youtube. Adam hochschild on world war i and the role of the. How the first world war divided britain by adam hochschild when the government produced a recruiting poster showing. Product description world war i stands as one of historys most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 2011, bury the chains 2005, the mirror at midnight 1990, the unquiet ghost 1994, and spain in our hearts 2016. The coarse inhumanity of the great war was largely kept from the british public and the attitudes of the wars bellicose supporters, like rudyard kipling, went principally unquestioned. From rags to riches to radical tells the astonishing but forgotten story of an immigrant sweatshop worker who married an heir to a great american fortune and became one of the most charismatic radical leaders of her time adams first book was a memoir, half the way home. Through arthur morey the book comes alive with the emotion of secret lovers, the pathos of families whose young sons were killed, the explosive energy of workers who were finally feeling their power, and the horrific hellonearth that was trench warfare in world war i.
A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 houghton mifflin harcourt, adam hochschild presents a unique history of the first world war by focusing particularly. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 hochschild, adam, morey, arthur on. A memoir of father and son 1986, in which he described the. Arthur morey did an excellent job narrating the book. To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918. To end all wars by adam hochschild catastrophe 1914 by max hastings. Adam hochschilds to end all wars, on world war i the. Adam hochschild discusses his book, to end all wars.
Many of these dissenters were thrown in jail for their opposition to the war, from a future nobel prize winner to an editor behind bars who distributed a. As its subtitle suggests, the book is more than just a military history. Renowned author adam hochschilds most recent work to end all wars. Britains new war propaganda bureau launched a flood of books. Woodrow wilsons fatuous claim about the european war of 191418 sarcastically annexed by adam hochschild for the title of this moving and. Houghton mifflin harcourt, 2011 presented a heartbreaking tale of the mass slaughter of the first world war and a sympathetic portrayal of those who opposed the conflict. The comments in the cemeterys visitors book are almost all from eng land. The sheer number of documentaries, dramatisations, books, ceremonies and art installations will likely make it. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by adam hochschild in djvu, fb3, txt download ebook. Adam hochschilds recently released rebel cinderella.
A world war ii, prisonerofwar drama about a group of american pows. We do live in a potentially explosive world, but i think there is one mistake we wont repeat. In to end all wars, adam hochschild takes the measure of britons. King leopolds ghostwas a finalist for the national book critics circle award, as was his recentto end all wars. A story of loyaly and rebellion, 19141918 about the now largelyforgotten. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 paperback march 6 2012 by adam hochschild author 4.
Salary, married, wedding, spouse, family adam hochschild born 1942 is an american author, journalist, and lecturer. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, adam hochschild brings it. The first substantial point adam hochschilds book makes is that the. Hochschild states, the first world war has remained in our lives, below the. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 9780547750316. Having read numerous books on the great war i wondered if adam hochschilds new book. To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 adam hochschild houghton mifflin harcourt, boston, 2011 isbn 9780618758289. His work has brought alive the plight of historys victims, from the belgian congo to stalins russia. That would be a memorial worth erecting, when we commemorate the centenary of the conflict in three years time. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 adam hochschild world war i stands as one of historys most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. From the author of king leopolds ghost, a sweeping history of world war i, showcasing the war s critics as dramatically as its heroes and victims. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. To end all wars could bring anything new to the field.
Having read numerous books on the great war i wondered if adam hochschild s new book. To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 adam hochschild, houghton mifflin harcourt, 2011 this may not be the best history of world war i battles and strategy out there, but its the best book about world war i that i have read. A former editor of mother jones magazine, hochschild lives in san francisco and teaches writing at the graduate school of journalism at the university of california, berkeley. To end all wars with adam hochschild part 1 of 2 youtube. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 9780618758289.
Led by lieutenant colonel stuart mclean, the officersmajor ian campbell, captain ernest gorgon and lieutenant tom rigden. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, from which this text, used in saccos book, is drawn. 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, hochschild s 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. By the time we reach the centenary of armistice day in 2018, i get the feeling that we might be suffering from a certain degree of world war 1 fatigue.
He has also written several narrative books about history, ranging. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, a magnificent history of world war i which also focuses on a birthing moment for the citizenly urge to oppose modern. To say all of the above is only to hint at what hochschild has accomplished in to end all wars. Prizewinning author adam hochschild is intimately knowledgeable when it comes to wars folly in the 20th century, having spent years working on his latest book, to end all wars. To end all wars focuses on the longignored moral drama of the war s critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Wwi effected the rupture of civilization on many levelsthe efficacy of war machinery for mass murder, the collapse of colonial empires, the destabilization of the status quo by modern ideas such as socialism, womens. Woodrow wilsons fatuous claim about the european war of 191418 sarcastically annexed by adam hochschild for the title of this moving and important book was an object of satire and. The first international human rights movement, 2005, etc. To end all wars focuses on the longignored moral drama of the wars critics, alongside its generals and heroes.
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