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9 quotes by Adam Hochschild

Adam Hochschild (/ˈhoʊkʃɪld/; born 1942) is an American author, journalist, and lecturer. His well-known works include King Leopold's Ghost, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914–1918, Bury the Chains, The Mirror at Midnight, and The Unquiet Ghost.
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Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

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As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and... →

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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.

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For the better part of two centuries, outsiders have been offering explanations that range from racist to learned-sounding - the supposed inferiority... →

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Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of... →

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No international court can ever substitute for a working national justice system. Or for a society at peace.

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I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic... →

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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

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I think the tradition of well-written history hasn't been squashed out of the academic world as much in Britain as it has in the United States.

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