What drove the historian to probe that dark era in his latest book, “American Midnight”? Consider that he conceived of it exactly 100 years later, in the first year of President Donald Trump. But to Adam Hochschild, it was right here in the U.S., whose entry into the great war set off a conflagration that severely damaged American democracy. When historians talk about the “powder keg” set off by World War I, they’re typically focused on the unstable Balkan states that sparked the war. If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from, whose fees support independent bookstores. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
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