Adam Hochschild, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918"

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Adam Hochschild, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918"

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Jun 2, 2011

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Hochschild (King Leopold's Ghost), one of America's best narrative historians, examines one of the greatest and most puzzling examples of civilized evils in history and the now obscure civilians and soldiers who waged a bitter, often heroic, struggle against it.

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Jun 2, 2011

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Adam Hochschild, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918"

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