"This is the kind of investigatory history Hochschild pulls off like no one else . . . Hochschild is a master at chronicling how prevailing cultural opinion is formed and, less frequently, how it's challenged." — Maureen Corrigan, N...

New York Times bestseller "Excellent and involving . . . What makes [Hochschild's] book so intimate and moving is its human scale." —Dwight Garner, New York Times "Full of telling details and vignettes that capture great human dram...

Award-winning author Adam Hochschild explores the First World War with a particular focus on the conflict between the critics and the supporters of the war.