From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it means to be European at the end of the twentieth-century. Geert Mak crisscrosses Europe from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Srebrenica in search of evidence and witnesses of the last hundred years of Europe. Using his skills as an acclaimed journalist, Mak locates the smaller, personal stories within the epic arc of history-talking to a former ticket-taker at the gates of the Birkenau concentration camp or noting the neat ...
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From the First World War to the waning days of the Cold War, a poignant exploration on what it means to be European at the end of the twentieth-century. Geert Mak crisscrosses Europe from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Srebrenica in search of evidence and witnesses of the last hundred years of Europe. Using his skills as an acclaimed journalist, Mak locates the smaller, personal stories within the epic arc of history-talking to a former ticket-taker at the gates of the Birkenau concentration camp or noting the neat rows of tiny shoes in the abandoned nursery school in the shadow of Chernobyl. His unique approach makes the reader an eyewitness to a half-forgotten past, full of unknown peculiarities, sudden insights and touching encounters. Sweeping in scale, but intimate in detail In Europe is a masterpiece.
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Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 896 p. Contains: Maps. Audience: General/trade. AS NEW--VERY NICE COPY--VERY SLIGHT SHELF WARE--TEXT CLEAN AND TIGHT--GIFT--STILL HAS LOTS OF GREAT READS LEFT---1 ST. ED. --1 ST. PRINTING
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This book is like a chronological stroll through the twentieth century, stopping occasionally to look at the scenery or smell the flowers. Personal "from-the-time" observations add a lifelike color to the scenes. Each section is typically written from the city where the event(s) took place. While each chapter is as compelling as a mystery, each chapter can stand alone as a picture of it's own - you can skip around or interrupt your reading without losing the flavor. Since the writer is a journalist, the writing itself is exceedingly sound (for those of us who unconsciously note such things.) Overall one of the most interesting books I've read in some time...a real must-read for a history buff, but a delightful repast for the rest of us.
