John Lukacs (1924–2019)
Auteur van Vijf dagen in Londen mei 1940
Over de Auteur
John Lukacs was born Janos Adalbert Lukacs in Budapest, Hungry on January 31, 1924. His father was Catholic and his mother was Jewish. He received an advanced degree in history from the University of Budapest. Although he was a practicing Catholic, he was considered Jewish enough to be conscripted toon meer into an army labor battalion when the Nazis occupied Hungary. He deserted in late 1944. When things did not improve under Soviet occupation and a Communist government, he fled illegally to the United States in July 1946. He was hired as a part-time lecturer in history at Columbia University to accommodate an influx of returning veterans. In 1947, he was hired by Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia to teach full time. He taught there for 47 years, retiring in 1994. He wrote numerous books including The Last European War; Confessions of an Original Sinner; The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler; The Hitler of History; A Student's Guide to the Study of History; Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian.; At the End of an Age; George Kennan: A Study of Character; and A Short History of the Twentieth Century. He died from heart failure on May 6, 2019 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van John Lukacs
De krachtmeting 10 mei-31 juli 1940 : het beslissende duel van tachtig dagen tussen Churchill en Hitler (1990) 300 exemplaren, 6 besprekingen
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture (1988) 286 exemplaren, 7 besprekingen
Blood, toil, tears and sweat : Winston Churchill and the speech that saved civilization (2007) 100 exemplaren, 5 besprekingen
A Student's Guide to European History 26 exemplaren
American Austen: The Forgotten Writing of Agnes Repplier (2009) — Redacteur — 24 exemplaren, 1 bespreking
George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944-1946: The Kennan-Lukacs Correspondence (1997) 16 exemplaren
Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs (2010) 15 exemplaren
Decline and rise of Europe: A study in recent history, with particular emphasis on the development of a European… (1976) 2 exemplaren
Booknotes: A History of Hitler 2 exemplaren
Five Days in London - May 1940 r 1 exemplaar
Churchill - Visionary, Statesman. Historian r 1 exemplaar
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