Engagement with the past : the lives and works of the World War II generation of historians

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., Richard Hofstadter, Daniel Boorstin, Kenneth Stampp, C. Vann Woodward, John Hope Franklin, Edmund Morgan, Barbara Tuchman, Geoffrey Elton, Lawrence Stone, Hugh Trevor-Roper -- aside from carrying the distinction as some of the most successful and well-respected historians of the twentieth century, these scholars found their lives and careers evolving amid some of the world's most pivotal historical moments. Dubbed the World War II Generation, the twenty-two English and American historians chronicled by William Palmer grew up in the aftermath of World War I, went to college in the 1930s, and suffered interrupted careers during World War II. They lived through the Great Depression, Hitler, Communism, and the prospect of nuclear annihilation, and they gained from their experiences the perspective and insight necessary to write definitive histories on topies ranging from slavery to revolution. Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-354) and index. xvii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm