Dreamland : Europeans and Jews in the aftermath of the Great War / Howard M. Sachar.
By: Sachar, Howard Morley.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002Edition: 1st ed.Description: xii, 385 p. : map ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0375409149; 9780375409141.Subject(s): Jews -- Europe -- History -- 20th century | Jews -- Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 940.049 Review: "The Great War, as World War I was known in its time, was described by its survivors and contemporary historians as "the war to end all wars," "the war to make the world safe for democracy." By its end, in November 1918, Europe's authoritarian old empires had fallen, and new and seemingly democratic successor states and governments were rising from the ensuing debris. In chronicling an era that was both visionary and tempestuous, Howard M. Sachar directs our attention to the fate specifically of Europe's Jewish minority as a classic litmus test of the Continent's transformation."--BOOK JACKET.Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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"The Great War, as World War I was known in its time, was described by its survivors and contemporary historians as "the war to end all wars," "the war to make the world safe for democracy." By its end, in November 1918, Europe's authoritarian old empires had fallen, and new and seemingly democratic successor states and governments were rising from the ensuing debris. In chronicling an era that was both visionary and tempestuous, Howard M. Sachar directs our attention to the fate specifically of Europe's Jewish minority as a classic litmus test of the Continent's transformation."--BOOK JACKET.
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