Bøker av Robert J. Norrell

How History Was Used in the Wars of the Twentieth Century: Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace examines the decisions that historical thinking shaped about war and peace in Germany and the United States during the twentieth century and how contemporary scholars can better understand the influences of today¿s historical insight.

This compelling biography reveals how conditions in the segregated South led Booker T. Washington to call for a less contentious path to freedom and equality. Norrell details the positive power of Washington's vision, one that invoked hope and optimism to overcome past exploitation and present discrimination.