In prose as compelling as a masterful novel, hochschild illuminates the lives of those who. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 hardcover. Adam hochschilds stirring account of world war i concentrates on. Either one of these would give a pretty clear idea of the attitude hochschild takes to his narrative. This is a book to make one feel deeply and painfully, and also to think hard. On the one hand his strong feelings about the war foolish and mad provoke him into writing with a sense of personal commitment to its myriad. Hochschild is a master at chronicling how prevailing cultural opinion is formed and, less frequently, how its challenged.
Hochschild states, the first world war has remained in our lives, below the. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 9780618758289. The first substantial point adam hochschilds book makes is that the. The book frames the great war not as a struggle between nations but as a struggle. How the first world war divided britain, by adam hochschild. 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. He stays loyal to this method in to end all wars, concentrating on the. We emerge from this exemplary book with the knowledge that war is not. Born october 5, 1942 in new york, ny served in the u. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by adam hochschild in djvu, fb3, txt download ebook. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 hochschild, adam, morey, arthur on.
A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, by adam hochschild about the author. Full dewey book club san rafael public library to end all wars. Put together, and combined with the subtitle of his book, they promise a powerful controlling argument. To ask other readers questions about to end all wars, please sign up. Hochschild foregrounds the work of those few who opposed the war and. 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. Army reserve 19641970 cofounded mother jones magazine in 1974, editor and writer 197681 npr commentator in washington, d. 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. This is his latest offering and in it he looks at the conscientious objectors who said they would not kill fellow men in world war i and the contribution that their. Author adam hochschild explores those divisions in his book to end all wars. Hochschild traces the patriotic fervor that catapulted great britain into war during the. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 9780547750316. To end all wars, we suppose, is a history of dissent, an account of pacifist movements. Maureen corrigan, nprs fresh air world war i was supposed to be the war to end all wars.
To end all wars wants the reader to see the rush to war and the inability to stop it as the product of entrenched mindsets. Macmillan to end all wars by adam hochschild catastrophe 1914 by max hastings. Albert rochester was a soldier who got into trouble for writing a letter to a newspaper complaining that every british. He stays loyal to this method in to end all wars, concentrating on the appalling losses suffered by. Len knighton this is a book that tells a different story of world war one, a story that. Over four long years, nations around the globe were sucked into the tempest, and millions of men died on the battlefields. Over four long years, nations around the globe were sucked into the tempest, and millions of men died on the.
862 1291 909 1579 1487 808 128 741 87 477 953 935 1280 940 915 108 993 608 819 769 763 1341 621 155 1433 360 929 359 314 609 895