A ferro e fuoco. La guerra civile europea (1914-1945)

This was a very dense book at first, but in time the point became clear that each chapter is exploring its own theme in some depth, while accumulating the basis for an overall argument. It suggests that European history from 1914 to 1945 should be viewed as a single cycle of events and described alt Leggi tutto

This is the third book by Traverso I've read now and I've become completely enamoured with his wide-ranging- sometimes meandering, but always completely engrossing- meditations. His works are always held together by quite broad themes, and consist of a variety of social, cultural, and intellectual h Leggi tutto

02/09/2022 (**) Non l'ho ben capito. Oppure non era il momento. Più probabilmente, il libro è al di fuori della mia personale sfera d'interesse. La prima parte l'ho letta con interesse, anche se non dice niente di nuovo: quelle che usualmente si distinguono in prima e seconda guerra mondiale, separate Leggi tutto

Εξαιρετικός στοχαστής ο TRAVERSO, σίγουρα θα διαβάσω και άλλα έργα του σύντομα.

Un libro que te hace descender a los infiernos de lo que fue la guerra civil europea. Muy completo y muy inquietante. Lo recomiendo mucho, Traverso tiene una manera de narrar la historia del siglo XX muy por encima del resto de historiadores.

Enzo Traverso has to be one of my favorite living writers, he is everything that i want out of a book: crisp analysis, wide-ranging and insightful comparisons from not only historical events but truly the structure of feeling as seen throughout artistic and intellectual life, judicious communist pol Leggi tutto