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From Napoleon to Stalin and Other Essays
E. Carr
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Description for From Napoleon to Stalin and Other Essays
Paperback. These essays include picture portraits of figures, both major and minor, from the 19th and 20th centuries. The essays also reflect on the major events and their impact including the Paris peace settlement of 1919 and the legacy of Stalin in Russian history. Num Pages: 299 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; HBA; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 388.
These essays now reprinted and prefaced by Jonathan Haslam, E.H. Carr's biographer, give the reader a representative sample of Carr's interests over several decades. They include fascinating picture portraits of figures, both major and minor, from the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-centuries, some of whom he knew at first hand. The reader will also find studied reflection on the major events and their impact including the Paris peace settlement of 1919 and the legacy of Stalin in Russian history. Carr is always lucid, with a taste for controversy. Novices, fans and critics alike will not be disappointed.
These essays now reprinted and prefaced by Jonathan Haslam, E.H. Carr's biographer, give the reader a representative sample of Carr's interests over several decades. They include fascinating picture portraits of figures, both major and minor, from the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-centuries, some of whom he knew at first hand. The reader will also find studied reflection on the major events and their impact including the Paris peace settlement of 1919 and the legacy of Stalin in Russian history. Carr is always lucid, with a taste for controversy. Novices, fans and critics alike will not be disappointed.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333994016
SKU
V9780333994016
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About E. Carr
E.H. CARR who died in 1982 at the age of ninety was a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, and an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, UK. His books include International Relations between the Two World Wars 1919-1939, The Twenty Years' Crisis 1919-1939, Nationalism and After, The New Society, What is History?, 1917: Before and After, Michael Bakunin, The ... Read more
Reviews for From Napoleon to Stalin and Other Essays
'...I rejoice to hail E.H.Carr as the greatest historian of our age.' - A.J.P. Taylor, Observer '...In this volume, Mr Carr...has gathered together a selection of essays and book reviews writtenover the past thirty years. It is astonishing how well they withstand reprinting and the passage of time...Mr Carr has an uncanny knack for reaching to the ... Read more