Stories by Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild is the author of King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa.
Posted on Feb 26, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com
The First World War is suddenly everywhere in pop culture, from "War Horse" to "Downton Abbey" but why do all the portrayals miss the people who fought for peace?
Posted on Jun 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Adam Hochschild's new book shines a light on the mass carnage unleashed by Europe's suicidal rush to war in 1914.
Posted on May 3, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com
In "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion," prize-winning historian Adam Hochschild offers a unique look at the war that set our planet on a path to madness.
Posted on Jan 23, 2007, Source: TomDispatch.com
As with WWI troop escalation, the "Big Push" in Iraq will likely do nothing to end the war and much to light the fuses of future ones.
Posted on Jan 31, 2005, Source: AlterNet
In 1787, British abolitionists saw a link among all humankind.
Posted on Jun 29, 2004, Source: TomDispatch.com
Iraq has now joined the increasing ranks of unstable, chaotic countries that exist as mere shells, stripped of any real power. History teaches us that no good will come of it.
Posted on Jan 30, 2004, Source: Mother Jones
The movement to end slavery in the British Empire in the 18th century is likely the first human-rights campaign in history. Its legacy lives on in the activism tools used today.
Posted on Apr 28, 2003, Source: TomDispatch.com
After more than a century of expansion of the concept that everybody deserves human rights, we now seem to be -- temporarily, at least -- slipping backwards.
Posted on Jan 27, 2003, Source: Globalvision News Network
The path to this senseless war has been paved with exaggeration, outright falsehoods and claims of imminent terror attacks.
