5/24/2023 0 Comments To end all wars by adam hochschildHochschild is also among those veterans we salute on Veterans Day, having served in the Army Reserves during the Vietnam War. Hochschild highlighted this fact in his 2011 book, “To End All Wars,” and still thinks Americans need to come to grips with the futility of war.Ī founder of Mother Jones magazine, Hochschild is perhaps best known these days as an author of books whose characters almost always fight for justice - whether it’s the campaign against Dutch colonialism in “ King Leopold’s Ghost,” the abolitionists against the British slave trade in “ Bury the Chains,” the volunteers for Spain’s 1930s war against fascists in “ Spain in Our Hearts,” or the activists allying with unions to fight 1920s sweatshop labor in “ Rebel Cinderella.” Author Adam Hochschild on Democracy Now! in 2018. 11, 1918 armistice went into effect and a full five hours after the Germans had surrendered. By “the deadline,” Hochschild meant 11:00 a.m. This was what award-winning author and iconic journalist Adam Hochschild wanted me to think about when we sat down to talk about Armistice Day, which commemorates the end of World War I and is celebrated as Veterans Day in the United States.
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