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Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents

Ill Fares The Land: A Treatise On Our Present Discontents
By Professor Tony Judt

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If we are to replace fear with confidence then we need a different story to tell, about state and society alike: a story that carries moral and political conviction. This book provides that story.


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #8329 in Books
  • Published on: 2011-04-07
  • Original language: English
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  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

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Sinewy analysis and supple prose, as clear and refreshing as a mountain stream (Christopher Silvester Telegraph )

One of the most remarkable books on politics to have appeared for a very long time (John Gray Literary Review )

Elegant, courageous and deeply humane (Dominic Sandbrook Sunday Times )

About the Author
At the time of his death, Tony Judt was the Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies at New York University. In 1996 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2007 a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy. In 2009 Judt was awarded a Special Orwell Prize for Lifetime Achievement for his contribution to British Political writing. Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (2005) was a runner up for the 2006 BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.