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American midnight : the Great War, a violent peace, and democracy's forgotten crisis / Adam Hochschild.

Hochschild, Adam, (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780358455462
ISBN: 0358455464
Physical Description: viii, 421 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-372) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: No ordinary times -- Tears of joy -- Place a gun upon his shoulder -- The Cardinal goes to war -- Enchanted by her beauty -- Those who stand in our way -- Soldiers of darkness -- Shoot my brother down -- A wily con man; a dangerous woman -- The water cure -- Nobody can say we aren't loyal now! -- Cut, shuffle, and deal -- Cheerleaders -- Peace? -- Another savior come to earth -- World on fire -- Sly and crafty eyes -- On the great deep -- I am not in condition to go on -- In a tugboat kitchen -- Men like these would rule you -- Seeing red -- A little man, cool but fiery -- Policeman and detective -- Aftermath.