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To End All Wars: A Story of Protest and Patriotism in the First World War
Adam Hochschild
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Description for To End All Wars: A Story of Protest and Patriotism in the First World War
Paperback. A brilliant new history of the First World War by the bestselling and prizewinning author of King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 197 x 32. Weight in Grams: 398.
In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmities and shows how the war exposed the divisions between them. They include the brother and sister whose views on the war could not have been more diametrically opposed – he a career soldier, she a committed pacifist; the politician whose job was to send young men who refused conscription to prison, yet whose godson was one of those young men and the suffragette sisters, one of whom passionately supported the war and one of whom was equally ... Read more
In this brilliant new work of history, Adam Hochschild follows a group of characters connected by blood ties, close friendships or personal enmities and shows how the war exposed the divisions between them. They include the brother and sister whose views on the war could not have been more diametrically opposed – he a career soldier, she a committed pacifist; the politician whose job was to send young men who refused conscription to prison, yet whose godson was one of those young men and the suffragette sisters, one of whom passionately supported the war and one of whom was equally ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330447447
SKU
9780330447447
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-6
About Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild is an award-winning author of six books, mostly on subjects related to human rights. King Leopold's Ghost was the winner of the prestigious Duff Cooper Prize and Bury the Chains was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.
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