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Postwar A History of Europe Since 1945

Tony Judt

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Almost a decade in the making, this much-anticipated grand history of postwar Europe from one of the world's most esteemed historians and intellectuals is a singular achievement.

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The Daily

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The Daily

In the episode, Ta-Nehisi Coates praised the title as a beautifully written, sharp history that helped him confront and articulate difficult aspects of America. He highlighted its depth and literary quality, describing it as a magnificent work despite its length.

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Episode: From Opinion: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Co...

The work was praised for its sharp, beautifully written history that helped the speaker reconcile how to talk about America.

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Tony Judt in his magnificent, magnificent history, Postwar. It's a thick book, but it's a beautifully written book. It is a sharp history and a sharp confrontation with some acts of just straight up evil.

The Ezra Klein Show

It was highlighted as a "magnificent" history that helped the speakers reconcile how to talk about America.

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the person that gave that to me, and I might've said this before, is Tony Judt in his magnificent, magnificent history, PostWar.

— Episode: Best Of: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehi...

Episode: Best Of: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates...

It was highlighted as a "magnificent" history that helped the speakers reconcile how to talk about America.

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the person that gave that to me, and I might've said this before, is Tony Judt in his magnificent, magnificent history, PostWar.

Episode: Nikole Hannah-Jones and Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Fi...

Nicole described Tony Judt's "Postwar" as a thick, beautifully written history that helped her reconcile the complexities of American history.

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Tony Judt in his magnificent, magnificent history postwar. It's a thick book, but it's a beautifully written book

Episode: The Freeing of the American Mind

The work was presented as a comprehensive political history of Europe after 1945, covering how nations dealt with the Holocaust and postwar memory, and noted for its fresh insights into contemporary Europe.

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A book that's about the period I write about, but from a different point of view, point of view of political history and European political history is a book called Postwar by Tony Judt, published in 2005. It's filled with fresh insights and is amazingly comprehensive, covering all the European countries.

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