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The Narrow Path of Freedom and Other Essays (ERIC VOEGELIN INST SERIES)
Eugene Davidson
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Description for The Narrow Path of Freedom and Other Essays (ERIC VOEGELIN INST SERIES)
Hardcover. These essays deal with the history of the past half-century, facing the world's encouraging as well as saddening developments, from the Nuremburg Trials to Saddam Hussein and the absurdities of Ezra Pound. One group of essays confronts the idea of history and what the past should mean. Num Pages: 176 pages, index. BIC Classification: HBA; HBG; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
The pieces in The Narrow Path of Freedom and Other Essays, by the well-known historian Eugene Davidson, are nothing less than a triumph - historical, of course, but also literary and philosophical. Dealing with the history of the past half-century, they face the world's encouraging as well as saddening developments. Davidson has a way with words; as befits such a far-ranging author, every essay is exquisitely written. One group of the essays confronts the idea of history - what the past should mean. From the Nuremburg Trials to Saddam Hussein, the absurdities of Ezra Pound to the idealism of Charles ... Read more
The pieces in The Narrow Path of Freedom and Other Essays, by the well-known historian Eugene Davidson, are nothing less than a triumph - historical, of course, but also literary and philosophical. Dealing with the history of the past half-century, they face the world's encouraging as well as saddening developments. Davidson has a way with words; as befits such a far-ranging author, every essay is exquisitely written. One group of the essays confronts the idea of history - what the past should mean. From the Nuremburg Trials to Saddam Hussein, the absurdities of Ezra Pound to the idealism of Charles ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826214041
SKU
V9780826214041
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About Eugene Davidson
Eugene Davidson is the author of numerous books, including Reflections on a Disruptive Decade, The Death and Life of Germany, The Trial of the Germans, The Nuremburg Fallacy, The Making of Adolf Hitler, and The Unmaking of Adolf Hitler, all now available from the University of Missouri Press. Davidson, who lives in Santa Barbara, California, is President Emeritus of the ... Read more
Reviews for The Narrow Path of Freedom and Other Essays (ERIC VOEGELIN INST SERIES)
Davidson's distinguished histories of WWII Germany... mark him as a leading 20th-century intellectual. - KIRKUS