Adam Hochschild

American author, journalist, and lecturer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1942 · age 84

Adam Hochschild is an American author, journalist, historian and lecturer. His best-known works include King Leopold's Ghost (1998), To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 (2011), Bury the Chains (2005), The Mirror at Midnight (1990), The Unquiet Ghost (1994), and Spain in Our Hearts (2016).

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2022“It is impossible to watch Vladimir Putin's arrogant invasion of Ukraine without being appalled by its savagery.”In their wordsNovember 2022"Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022)Read the whole statement

“A less democratic regime than czarist Russia would be hard to imagine.”In their wordsNovember 2022"Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022)Read the whole statement

“As in all despotisms, power rested upon violence.”In their wordsNovember 2022"Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022)Read the whole statement

“One more aspect of the Russian Civil War reverberates directly with the conflict we are now watching play out.”In their wordsNovember 2022"Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022)Read the whole statement

“Although mortal, existential enemies, both Reds and Whites were united on one point: They wanted the boundaries of the Russia they hoped to control to be as wide as possible.”In their wordsNovember 2022"Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022)Read the whole statement

1999Lionel Gelber PrizeAward1998“I realized something else about the terror in the Congo and the controversy that came to surround it.”In their wordsKing Leopold's Ghost (1998)Read the whole statement

PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayAward1942Born5 October 1942

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Before the U.S.S.R.'s collapse, in 1991, its rulers portrayed that war starkly: The Whites were evil reactionaries who tried to delay the glorious triumph of Soviet rule.
November 2022 · "Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022), Own words
In a nation so deeply xenophobic to begin with, the ultimately victorious Communists never forgot the foreign troops who had tried to strangle their baby in its cradle.
November 2022 · "Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022), Own words
Outlying areas of the old Russian empire took advantage of the Red-White struggle to battle for independence.
November 2022 · "Why Putin Made Peace With the Soviets’ Archenemies" (The Atlantic, November, 2022), Own words