"This is a book to make one feel deeply and painfully, and also to think hard." - Christopher Hitchens, "New York Times Book Review" "Hochschild brings fresh drama to the story, and explores it in provocative ways . . . Exemplary in all respects." - Jonathan Yardley, "Washington Post "In this deeply moving history of the so-called Great War, those opposing its mindless folly receive equal billing with the politicians, generals, and propagandists obdurately insisting on its perpetuation. Implicit in Adam Hochschild's account is this chilling warning: once governments become captive of wars they purport to control, they turn next on their own people." - Andrew J. Bacevich, author of "Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War

Adam Hochschild is an award-winning author of six books, mostly on subjects related to human rights. King Leopold's Ghost was the winner of the prestigious Duff Cooper Prize and Bury the Chains was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.