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  • Hardcover: 464 pages
  • Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (1 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0434017418
  • ISBN-13: 978-0434017416
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.6 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 189,931 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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John Gray, Guardian

`In Reappraisals the British-born historian, now a university professor in New York, collects 23 essays, written between 1994 and 2006, in which he undertakes a ruthless dissection of the ruling illusions of the post-cold war years ... There are illuminating assessments of Primo Levi and Hannah Arendt, a superb deconstruction of the fall of France in 1940, explorations of Belgium's fractured statehood and the ambiguous position of Romania in Europe, analyses of the Cuba crisis and Kissinger's diplomacy, and much else besides ... Judt is a liberal thinker dedicated to demystifying liberal illusions. Reappraisals is an indispensable tract for the times by one of the great political writers of the age.'


Niall Ferguson, Financial Times

`[Judt] is a highly readable authority ... He delivers the intellectual's equivalent of a left hook ... the uppercut soon follows ... and finally, a knockout punch ... The intellectual's intellectual.'
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4.0 out of 5 stars How does he do it?, 16 Nov 2008
The phrase 'towering intellect' is overused, but when you consider the astonishing range of knowledge that informs Judt's collection of essays, it's a cliche you find yourself falling back on. Judt has an encyclopedic grasp of the history of global politics of the past century, and a cultured sensibility and clear writing style which make him a joy to read. He was one of the first people to realise, and write about, the essential vacuity of Tony Blair ('the gnome in the garden of Britain's heritage'), and he offers similarly impassioned and well-informed insights into the Cuban Missile Crisis, the fall of Communism, and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, as well as providing insightful reviews of the works of Arthur Koestler, Edward Said, and many other major figures. I don't agree with everything he says (he is, for one thing, a little too soft on Koestler's sexual politics, to say the least), but this is still a highly informative and thought-provoking book.
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