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ISbN 978-0-14-312304-0 $18.00 ($19.00 CAN)
History 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 432 pp.
Rights: E30 Pub history: The Penguin Press hc
978-1-59420-323-7 On sale: 1/29/2013
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“ A remarkable book . . . A wild
ride through the ideological currents and
shoals of twentieth-century thought.”
—Los Angeles Times
“ Judt’s final salvo against what he saw
as a culture of historical ignorance and
political apathy [is] every bit as brilliant,
uncompromising, and original as he was.”
—NPR
Also AvAilABle FRoM Penguin:
The Memory Chalet 978-0-14-311997-5 $15.00
Postwar 978-0-14-303775-0 $22.00
The triumphant final book by Tony Judt,
indomitable public critic and author
of Postwar
Thinking the Twentieth
Century
Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder
One of our most brilliant historians, Tony Judt brings the past
century vividly to life in this unprecedented and original history.
Structured as a series of intimate conversations between Judt
and his friend and fellow historian Timothy Snyder, Thinking
the Twentieth Century presents the triumphs and the failures
of the twentieth century’s most prominent intellectuals and
their ideas, guiding readers through the debates that defined our
world. Spanning an era with unprecedented clarity and insight,
Thinking the Twentieth Century is a tour de force: a masterful
analysis of the life of the mind and an unforgettable guide to
leading the mindful life.
n Spans the last century as never previously attempted
n Amplifies and expands on ideas brought up in Judt’s book Postwar
n Postwar was one of the New York Times Book Review Ten Best Books
of 2005 and a Pulitzer Prize finalist
tony Judt (1948–2010) was the author or editor of fifteen
books, including The Memory Chalet and Postwar, which was a finalist
for the Pulitzer Prize. He was the director and founder of the Remarque
Institute and a professor at New York University.
tiMothy snydeR is a professor of history at Yale University
and the author of five award-winning books, most recently Bloodlands:
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
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