Product description world war i stands as one of historys most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. The consequences of the war are still with us, but mediated by all sorts of events. In to end all wars, you argue that world war i remains very much a part of our lives. Excerpt to end all wars by adam hochschild the new. The sheer number of documentaries, dramatisations, books, ceremonies and art installations will likely make it. Put together, and combined with the subtitle of his book, they promise a powerful controlling argument. To end all wars, by adam hochschild the globe and mail. Adam hochschild is the bestselling author of nine books, including king leopolds ghost and to end all wars, both finalists for the national book critics circle award.
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. 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. A short powerpoint centered discussion introduces students to the armistice and various national reactions to it. 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.
To say all of the above is only to hint at what hochschild has accomplished in to end all wars. Adam hochschilds to end all wars, on world war i the. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 9780618758289. 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. A true story about four allied pows who endure harsh treatment from their japanese captors during world war ii while being forced to build a railroad through the burmese jungle.
A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, which focuses on the now largelyforgotten opposition to. To end all wars by adam hochschild overdrive rakuten. To end all wars focuses on the longignored moral drama of the war s critics, alongside its generals and heroes. The author focuses on the longignored moral drama of the wars critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Adam hochschild to end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion 1914 1918 adam hochschild to end all wars trailer based on the true story of captain ernest gordon, a young scottish soldier. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, adam hochschild brings it to life as never before. To end all wars focuses on the longignored moral drama of the wars critics, alongside its generals and heroes.
A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by adam hochschild 2011, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Adam hochschilds stirring account of world war i concentrates on appalling losses in the ranks and the courage of dissenters. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by hochschild, adam 2012 paperback ebook pdf title 245g. To end all wars is a 2001 war film starring robert carlyle, kiefer sutherland and sakae kimura and was directed by david l. To end all wars quotes showing 17 of 7 unlike, say, witchburning, slavery, and apartheid, which were once taken for granted and are now officially outlawed, war is still with us. Ending the war to end all wars overview students will learn about the armistice that ended of world war i and the paris peace conference, which decided the fate of postwwi germany. Army reserve 19641970 cofounded mother jones magazine in 1974, editor and writer 197681 npr commentator in washington, d. To end all wars, we suppose, is a history of dissent, an account of pacifist movements. To end all wars an ironic reference to woodrow wilsons hyperbolic phrase examines the great war principally from the perspective of the leading players among the british. From the author of king leopolds ghost, a sweeping history of world war i, showcasing the wars critics as dramatically as its heroes and victims. Two wellknown sisters split so bitterly over the war that they ended up publishing newspapers that attacked each other.
The first international human rights movement, 2005, etc. Today, hundreds of military cemeteries spread across the fields of northern france and belgium contain the bodies of millions of men who died in the war to end all wars. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Ultimately they find true freedom by forgiving their enemies. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, by adam hochschild about the author. To end all wars photos view all photos 1 movie info. An early autumn bite is in the air as a goldtinged late afternoon falls over the rolling countryside of. This book is a bit different in that hochschild chose to show how the war effected some key families he chose to write about in depth. King leopolds ghost was a finalist for the national book critics circle award, as was 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. April 27, 2012 historian adam hochschild traces the patriotic fervor that catapulted great britain into war during the summer of 1914 as well as the small, but determined british pacifist movement in his historical narrative to end all wars. His title, which needless to say is ironic, is drawn from one of the many euphemistic phrases. To end all wars is the story, told from a variety of viewpoints, of how britain fared under the stresses of war between 1914 and 1918.
American journalist adam hochschild has created a work that is both striking in contextual intrigue and simple in structure. World war i stands as one of historys most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. To end all wars 2011, a work of historical nonfiction by the american author and journalist adam hochschild, tells the story of the first world war from a panoramic perspective, but centering on the struggle in britain between those who believed the war was a just cause and the activists who opposed it. Adam hochschilds to end all wars focuses on divided families in world war i great britain. Implicit in adam hochschilds account is this chilling warning. Hochschild brings fresh drama to the story and explores it in provocative ways.
Either one of these would give a pretty clear idea of the attitude hochschild takes to his narrative. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 adam hochschild this is the kind of investigatory history hochschild pulls off like no one else. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, by adam hochschild. To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion 1914 1918. However, unlike so many other portrayals of this muchstudied war, hochschild s story is not limited to that of the elite who led the war, nor of the frontline soldiers. Adam hochschild talked about his book, to end all wars. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by adam hochschild.
Led by lieutenant colonel stuart mclean, the officersmajor ian. Emmeline pankhurst, who went from pacifist to ardent hawk, is seen being arrested in 1908 during a suffragette march in manchester. To end all wars is structured around the accounts of a number of recurring characters whose public and private lives illustrate the central themes of the book. Hochschild provides vivid descriptions of the world on the brink of war, during the war and then its aftermath.
In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, adam hochschild brings it. Lets start this conversation by examining some of the consequences of world war i that are still with us, even if far below the surface. 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. I feel i am getting to know this subject in all its aspects. To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by adam hochschild and publisher mariner books. Hochschild s objective description and analysis reveal. To end all wars, by adam hochschild open this photo in gallery.
The film is set in a japanese prisoner of war labour camp where the inmates are building the burma railway. To end all wars quotes by adam hochschild goodreads. A world war ii, prisonerofwar drama about a group of american pows. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914 1918, by adam hochschild. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 adam hochschild.
Emmeline pankhurst, who went from pacifist to ardent hawk, is seen being arrested in 1908 during a. To end all wars 9780547750316, 9780547549217 vitalsource. To end all wars a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918, to end all wars, adam hochschild, mariner books. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 adam hochschild, 2011 houghton mifflin harcourt 464 pp. These include prominent critics and supporters of the war like bertrand russell and rudyard. A story of loyalty and rebellion, 19141918 by adam hochschild pdf free download ebook. Adam hochschild s stirring account of world war i concentrates on appalling losses in the ranks and the courage of dissenters.
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