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Forge of Empires: Drei revolutionäre Staatsmänner und die Welt, die sie gemacht haben,...
by Michael Knox Beran | HC | Acceptable
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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
074327069X
ISBN-13
9780743270694
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7038844870
Product Key Features
Book Title
Forge of Empires, 1861-1871 : Three Revolutionary Statesmen and the World They Made
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Germany, United States / 19th Century, General, Modern / 19th Century, Presidents & Heads of State, Political, World, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.5 in
Item Weight
24.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2007-007021
Table Of Content
Contents Note to the Readerxiii PrologueThree Deaths1 Part OneInto the Pit9 Part TwoThe Revolutions at Their Height171 Part ThreeFreedom and Terror281 EpilogueThe Ordeal of Liberty366 Abbreviations in Notes and Sources379 Notes and Sources383 Acknowledgments459 Index461
Synopsis
Writing with the sweep of a Tolstoyan novel and the cinematic excitement of a Hollywood epic, acclaimed author Beran brings to life a compelling cast of characters who have ushered in or witnessed the events of the revolutionary decade, 1861-1870. Illustrated., In the space of a single decade, three leaders liberated tens of millions of souls, remade their own vast countries, and altered forever the forms of national power: Abraham Lincoln freed a subjugated race and transformed the American Republic. Tsar Alexander II broke the chains of the serfs and brought the rule of law to Russia. Otto von Bismarck threw over the petty Teutonic princes, defeated the House of Austria and the last of the imperial Napoleons, and united the German nation.The three statesmen forged the empires that would dominate the twentieth century through two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Each of the three was a revolutionary, yet each consolidated a nation that differed profoundly from the others in its conceptions of liberty, power, and human destiny. Michael Knox Beran'sForge of Empiresbrilliantly entwines the stories of the three epochal transformations and their fateful legacies.Telling the stories from the point of view of those who participated in the momentous events -- among them Walt Whitman and Friedrich Nietzsche, Mary Chesnut and Leo Tolstoy, Napoleon III and the Empress Eug - nie -- Beran weaves a rich tapestry of high drama and human pathos. Great events often turned on the decisions of a few lone souls, and each of the three statesmen faced moments of painful doubt or denial as well as significant decisions that would redefine their nations.With its vivid narrative and memorable portraiture,Forge of Empiressheds new light on a question of perennial importance: How are free states made, and how are they unmade? In the same decade that saw freedom's victories, one of the trinity of liberators revealed himself as an enemy to the free state, and another lost heart. What Lincoln called the "germ" of freedom, which was "to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind," came close to being annihilated in a world crisis that pitted the free state against new philosophies of terror and coercion.Forge of Empiresis a masterly story of one of history's most significant decades., In the space of a single decade, three leaders liberated tens of millions of souls, remade their own vast countries, and altered forever the forms of national power: Abraham Lincoln freed a subjugated race and transformed the American Republic.Tsar Alexander II broke the chains of the serfs and brought the rule of law to Russia.Otto von Bismarck threw over the petty Teutonic princes, defeated the House of Austria and the last of the imperial Napoleons, and united the German nation. The three statesmen forged the empires that would dominate the twentieth century through two world wars, the Cold War, and beyond. Each of the three was a revolutionary, yet each consolidated a nation that differed profoundly from the others in its conceptions of liberty, power, and human destiny. Michael Knox Beran's "Forge of Empires" brilliantly entwines the stories of the three epochal transformations and their fateful legacies. Telling the stories from the point of view of those who participated in the momentous events -- among them Walt Whitman and Friedrich Nietzsche, Mary Chesnut and Leo Tolstoy, Napoleon III and the Empress Eugnie -- Beran weaves a rich tapestry of high drama and human pathos. Great events often turned on the decisions of a few lone souls, and each of the three statesmen faced moments of painful doubt or denial as well as significant decisions that would redefine their nations. With its vivid narrative and memorable portraiture, "Forge of Empires" sheds new light on a question of perennial importance: How are free states made, and how are they unmade? In the same decade that saw freedom's victories, one of the trinity of liberators revealed himself as an enemyto the free state, and another lost heart. What Lincoln called the "germ" of freedom, which was "to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind," came close to being annihilated in a world crisis that pitted the free state against new philosophies of terror and coercion. "Forge of Empires" is a masterly story of one of history's most significant decades.
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E457.B44 2007
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