Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age - Hardcover

Eksteins, Modris

 
9780593018620: Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age

Synopsis

In his discussion of the kinds of feelings evoked by the horrific conduct of trench warfare, the widespread psychic depression following the Armistice and his insights into the aftermath of the war, Eksteins brings a broad range of disciplines to bear on an understanding of the modern age.

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Review

"A bold and unforgetable journey into the heart of our Daemonic century." - Alfred Kazin

"A Fertile Book." -- Paul Fussell

"A bold and unforgetable journey into the heart of our Daemonic century." - Alfred Kazin

"A Fertile Book." -- Paul Fussell

"A bold and unforgetable journey into the heart of our Daemonic century." - Alfred Kazin

"A Fertile Book." -- Paul Fussell
"A bold and unforgetable journey into the heart of our Daemonic century." - Alfred Kazin

"A Fertile Book." -- Paul Fussell
"A bold and unforgetable journey into the heart of our Daemonic century." - Alfred Kazin

About the Author

Modris Ekstein is a professor of history at the University of Toronto's Scarborough campus.

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