Anglomania, the craze for all things English, gripped Europe during the mid-to-late 18th century. As perceived by Anglophiles such as Voltaire and Montesquieu, England was a land of reason, freedom, and tolerance, a place where the Enlightenment found its greatest expression. What began as an intell[...]
This sweeping, boldly original book describes the violence, racketeering and retroactive justice as well as the hope and optimism that erupted at the end of the Second World War.[...]
I Tyskland och Japan lever minnena av ländernas våldsamma historia under andra världskriget kvar hos befolkningen. I Auschwitz, Berlin, Hiroshima och Tokyo möter Ian Buruma forskares, politikers och överlevares motsägelsefulla och mer eller mindre förvrängda bilder av kriget. Han träffar m�[...]