Tony Judt Quotes About Country

Quotes about: Country

• Although the United States lost a quarter of a million men and women, civilians and soldiers, in World War II, that's considerably less than the Russians lost in soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad alone. It's important to convey to countries and to people and to generations who have no experience of the 20th century as it was lived in Europe just how catastrophic it was.

  Tony Judt

  Country, War, Men

  "Postwar". Interview With Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. December 20, 2005.

• The East European small countries have a sense of betrayal, of having been forgotten by Western leaders.

  Tony Judt

  Country, Betrayal, Leader

  Source: www.motherjones.com

• The 60s were a continuation of the 50s much more than people realized. Certainly in some countries, like Britain, there was still a culture of deference, whereas in the 70s we really are in a time of angry transition. The generation that came into young adulthood in the 70s couldn't find jobs; that wasn't true in my generation. They entered a time when two depressing things hit them both at the same time.

  Tony Judt

  Country, Depressing, People

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