Grand Illusion? von Judt, Tony

Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement. Postwar is the first modern history that covers all of...

The Burden of Responsibility: Blum, Camus, Aron, and the French Twentieth Century

We have entered an age of forgetting. Our world, we insist, is unprecedented, wholly new. The past has nothing to teach us. Drawing provocative connections between a dazzling range of subjects, from Jewish intellectuals and the challenge...

"Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945" von Tony Judt ist eine umfassende Untersuchung des europäischen Kontinents nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs. Es bietet einen detaillierten Überblick über die politischen, wirtschaftlichen und...

"Ill Fares the Land" von Tony Judt ist eine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit der aktuellen politischen und sozialen Situation in den westlichen Demokratien. Judt argumentiert, dass die zunehmende Ungleichheit und das Schwinden des...

Das Vermächtnis eines legendären Historikers und wegweisenden Intellektuellen: »Wenn die Welt sich ändert« versammelt erstmals Tony Judts wichtigste Essays in einem Buch. Die Texte reflektieren die großen Themen, die ihn zeitlebens...

Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeWinner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book AwardOne of the New York Times' Ten Best Books of the YearAlmost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe...

Europe in 1945 was prostrate. Much of the continent was devastated by war, mass slaughter, bombing and chaos. Large areas of Eastern Europe were falling under Soviet control, exchanging one despotism for another. Today, the Soviet Union...

Europa, der so genannte alte Kontinent, hat sich in den letzten sechs Jahrzehnten so rasant verändert wie kaum eine andere Region der Erde. Dem Weltkrieg folgte der Kalte Krieg, was für die Hälfte der Europäer vierzig Jahre...

"Ideas crackle" in this triumphant final book of Tony Judt, taking readers on "a wild ride through the ideological currents and shoals of 20th century thought." (Los Angeles Times)One of our most brilliant historians, Tony Judt brings...

In 2008, historian Tony Judt learnt that he was suffering from a disease that would eventually trap his extraordinary mind in a declining and immobile body. At night, sleepless in his motionless state, he revisited the past in an effort...