David Reynolds is a professor of international history at Cambridge University. He is the author of books including The Long Shadow and In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War, which won the Wolfson Prize.
The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century
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ISBN-13:
9780393244298
- Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
- Publication date: 05/19/2014
- Sold by: Barnes & Noble
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 544
- Sales rank: 248,556
- File size: 7 MB
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Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History.
"If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." -Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Committee, and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature.
By exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism, as well as art and poetry, The Long Shadow is stunningly broad in its historical perspective. Reynolds throws light on the vast expanse of the last century and explains why 1914–18 is a conflict that America is still struggling to comprehend. Forging connections between people, places, and ideas, The Long Shadow ventures across the traditional subcultures of historical scholarship to offer a rich and layered examination not only of politics, diplomacy, and security but also of economics, art, and literature. The result is a magisterial reinterpretation of the place of the Great War in modern history.
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