Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 - Couverture souple

Judt, Tony

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143037757 ISBN 13 : 9780143037750

Editeur : Penguin Books, 2006

Synopsis

Postwar In this magnificent, unprecedented history of postwar Europe, esteemed historian Judt covers 34 countries across 60 years in a single integrated narrative, using a great deal of material from newly available sources. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"Judt's massive, learned, brilliantly detailed account of Europe's recovery from the wreckage of World War II presents a whole continent in panorama even as it sets off detonations on almost every page." —The New York Times Book Review

"Remarkable... The writing is vivid; the coverage-of little countries as well as of great ones-is virtually superhuman; and above all, the book is smart. Every page contains unexpected data, or a fresh observation, or a familar observation freshly turned." —Louis Menand, The New Yorker

"Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority."—The Wall Street Journal

"Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history." —The Boston Globe

"Brave and remakable." — The Washington Post

"Brilliant . . . A book that has the pace of a thriller and the scope of an encyclopedia . . . A very considerable achievement." —The New York Review of Books

"Not likely to be surpassed for many years. . . . This is history writing at its best." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Biographie de l'auteur :

Tony Judt was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor of European Studies at New York University, as well as the founder and director of the Remarque Institute, dedicated to creating an ongoing conversation between Europe and the United States. He was educated at King’s College, Cambridge, and the École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and also taught at Cambridge, Oxford, and Berkeley. Professor Judt was a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, The New Republic, The New York Times, and many journals across Europe and the United States. He is the author or editor of fifteen books, including Thinking the Twentieth Century, The Memory Chalet, Ill Fares the Land, Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century, and Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945, which was one of The New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of 2005, the winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He died in August 2010 at the age of sixty-two.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0143037757
• ISBN 13: 9780143037750
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 960