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Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 1416567844
- EAN
- 9781416567844
- Book Title
- Human Smoke : the Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Publication Year
- 2008
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.6in
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Jewish
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 30.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 576 Pages
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"Bestselling author Nicholson Baker has created a compelling work of nonfiction bound to provoke discussion and controversy - a wide-ranging perspective on the political and social landscape that gave rise to World War II." "Human Smoke delivers a closely textured, deeply moving indictment of the treasured myths that have romanticized much of the 1930s and '40s. Incorporating meticulous research and well-documented sources - including newspaper and magazine articles, radio speeches, memoirs, and diaries - the book juxtaposes hundreds of interrelated moments of decision, brutality, suffering, and mercy. Vivid glimpses of political leaders and their dissenters illuminate and examine the gradual, horrifying advance toward overt global war and Holocaust."--BOOK JACKET.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
1416567844
ISBN-13
9781416567844
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63101877
Product Key Features
Book Title
Human Smoke : the Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Jewish
Publication Year
2008
Genre
History
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
1.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
30.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D741.B255 2007
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"This quite extraordinary book -- impossible to put down, impossible to forget -- may be the most compelling argument for peace ever assembled. Nicholson Baker displays in astonishing, fascinating detail mankind's unstoppable descent into the madness of war -- slowed only occasionally, but then invariably most movingly, by the still, small voices of the sane and the wise." -- Simon Winchester, author of "The Man Who Loved China" and "The Professor and the Madman", "Absolutely fascinating, engrossing. I can't imagine anyone, no matter how knowledgeable about the period, who won't be astonished and moved while readingHuman Smoke." -- Daniel Ellsberg, author ofSecrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers, "InHuman Smoke, Nicholson Baker turns his unrivaled literary talents to pacifism. His portraits of Churchill's imperial arrogance, Franklin Roosevelt's anti-Semitism, the machinations of the arms merchants, the Germans' death wish, and the efforts of pacifists are unforgettable. Baker's book is truly original." -- Chalmers Johnson, president and cofounder of the Japan Policy Research Institute and author ofNemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic, "Absolutely fascinating, engrossing. I can't imagine anyone, no matter how knowledgeable about the period, who won't be astonished and moved while reading "Human Smoke,"" -- Daniel Ellsberg, author of "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers", "This quite extraordinary book -- impossible to put down, impossible to forget -- may be the most compelling argument for peace ever assembled. Nicholson Baker displays in astonishing, fascinating detail mankind's unstoppable descent into the madness of war -- slowed only occasionally, but then invariably most movingly, by the still, small voices of the sane and the wise." -- Simon Winchester, author ofThe Man Who Loved ChinaandThe Professor and the Madman, "Nicholson Baker movingly pierces the lies, hopes, fears, and myths we so easily imbibe on the road to war -- painful reminders that what has happened in the past can happen again and again and again until we shake loose and react." -- Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland, and author ofThe Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, "Nicholson Baker movingly pierces the lies, hopes, fears, and myths we so easily imbibe on the road to war -- painful reminders that what has happened in the past can happen again and again and again until we shake loose and react." -- Gar Alperovitz, Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy, University of Maryland, and author of "The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb"
Copyright Date
2008
Lccn
2007-044108
Dewey Decimal
940.53/11
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
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