Jay winik s new book, the great upheaval, describes these worldchanging events and many others, especially in catherine the greats russia and poland. It has its share of faults the author sentimentalizes lee, he underestimates grant, he sometimes overstates. Jay winik s new book, the great upheaval, describes these worldchanging events and many others, especially in catherine the great s russia and poland. This is a healing book, one that fully explains the reasons for the civil war. Noted popular historian jay winik has written a very enjoyable history of a very interesting and tumultuous period of american and world history. Jay winik offers a brilliant new look at the civil wars final days that will forever change the way we see the wars end and the nations new beginning. It was a month that could have unravelled the american nation.
Jay winik born february 8, 1957 is a new york times bestselling author and american historian who is best known for his book april 1865. As the 1790s began, a fragile america teetered on the brink of oblivion, russia towered as a vast imperial power, and france plunged into revolution. Roosevelt, according to popular historian jay winik, who has now produced books focusing on each of these. What winik did for the civil war in his detailed focus on april 1865 he does on a larger and more complex scale in his third book, a close look at the penultimate year of world war ii.
But these and all other objections are swept aside in the furiously dramatic rush of the. Author jay winik has an amazing grasp of american history and he makes it come alive. In 2001, jay winik scored a commercial and critical success with his best seller april 1865, a vivid account of the final month of the civil war, which winik convincingly argued was a. Jay winik vividly portrays the tumultuous times in which america embarked on the great experiment, testing whether a continentsize country.
He is a popular public speaker and a frequent television and radio guest. The month that saved america 9780060930882 by winik, jay and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Jay winik is the author of the new york times bestseller april 1865. See all books authored by jay winik, including april 1865. Writer and historian jay winik jay winik s new book, a bestseller, is april 1865. Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history and filled with rich profiles of outsize figures, fresh iconoclastic scholarship, and a gripping narrative, this is a masterful account of the. The new york times bestselling chronicle of the civil wars final days that will forever change the way we see the wars end and the nations new beginning. America and the birth of the modern world, 17881800 by jay winik. The month that saved america by jay winik 2001, hardcover at the best online.
Fdr and the year that changed history, especially appealing. April 1865 made me appreciate for the first time how the decisions of people like lincoln, lee and grant saved america from the terrible fate that has befallen other countries. There is nothing so compelling as history well told, whether in print or on film. The month that saved america by winik, jay and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This is one of those rare, shining books that takes a new look at an old subject and changes the way we think about it. Historians, in their efforts to offer fresh and they are so determined to win a case that they downplay conflicting testimony or oversimplify source material to prove. Here jay winik offers a brilliant new look at the civil wars final days that will forever change the way we see the wars end and the nations new beginning. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. Instead, he looks for great, socially relevant stories lived out by towering figures. Fdr and the year that changed history by jay winik. America and the birth of the modern world, 17881800, and more on. Walter isaacson a cinematic reconstruction of the birth of. America and the birth of the modern world, 17881800, published by harper.
It saw lincolns assassination just five days later and a nearsuccessful plot to decapitate the union government, followed by chaos and coup fears in the north, collapsed negotiations and continued bloodshed in the south, and. Winik shows that there was nothing inevitable about the end of the civil war, from the fall of richmond to the surrender at appomattox to the murder of lincoln. He writes that april 1865 is a month that could have unraveled the. Fdr and the year that changed history, author jay winik wallops us with americas shortcomings under president franklin roosevelt in.
Jay winik talked about his new book, the great upheaval. Civil war, a chaotic period that could have permanently changed the. About jay winik jay winik, one of the nations leading historians, is renowned for his gifted and creative approaches to history. My dark vanessa, by katherine elizabeth russell, for. He is a senior scholar of history and public policy at the university of maryland and a regular contributor to the wall street journal and the new york times. Fdr and the year that changed history, he takes the measure of. He found these elements in profusion in the accounts that became april 1865. The baltimore sun called him one of our nations leading public historians. Uniquely set within the larger sweep of history, filled with rich profiles of outsize figures, fresh iconoclastic scholarship, and a gripping narrative, this is a masterful account of the.
One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of richmond, a daring lastditch southern plan for guerrilla warfare, lees harrowing retreat, and then, appomattox. To bolster his case, morgenthau could point to a recent groundswell of. Jay winik doesnt prowl through the raw materials of history to prove a point or to bask vicariously in a time more congenial or exciting than his own. Historian jay winik is the bestselling author of april 1865 and the great upheaval. Winik, who has written about americas founding the great upheaval and the civil war april 1865. A new york times bestselling author and american historian. Jay winik, one of the nations leading historians, is renowned for his gifted and creative approaches to history. And viewers who were engrossed by ken burns recent pbs series on the roosevelts will find jay winik s new book on franklin delano roosevelt, 1944. In this masterful book, jay winik sheds new light on a tumultuous decade rife with lessons for today.
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