Savage Continent
Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
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Narrado por:
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John Lee
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Keith Lowe
The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945, but in reality it rumbled on for another 10 years....
The end of the Second World War in Europe is one of the 20th century's most iconic moments. It is fondly remembered as a time when cheering crowds filled the streets, danced, drank and made love until the small hours. These images of victory and celebration are so strong in our minds that the period of anarchy and civil war that followed has been forgotten.
Across Europe, landscapes had been ravaged, entire cities razed and more than thirty million people had been killed in the war. The institutions that we now take for granted-such as the police, the media, transport, local and national government-were either entirely absent or hopelessly compromised. Crime rates were soaring, economies collapsing, and the European population was hovering on the brink of starvation.
In Savage Continent, Keith Lowe describes a continent still racked by violence, where large sections of the population had yet to accept that the war was over. Individuals, communities and sometimes whole nations sought vengeance for the wrongs that had been done to them during the war. Germans and collaborators everywhere were rounded up, tormented and summarily executed. Concentration camps were reopened and filled with new victims who were tortured and starved. Violent anti-Semitism was reborn, sparking murders and new pogroms across Europe. Massacres were an integral part of the chaos and in some places-particularly Greece, Yugoslavia and Poland, as well as parts of Italy and France - they led to brutal civil wars. In some of the greatest acts of ethnic cleansing the world has ever seen, tens of millions were expelled from their ancestral homelands, often with the implicit blessing of the Allied authorities.
Savage Continent is the story of post WWII Europe, in all its ugly detail, from the end of the war right up until the establishment of an uneasy stability across Europe toward the end of the 1940s. Based principally on primary sources from a dozen countries, Savage Continent is a frightening and thrilling chronicle of a world gone mad, the standard history of post WWII Europe for years to come.
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What made the experience of listening to Savage Continent the most enjoyable?
The story is thorough, well researched and comprehensive. The sheer amount of new information was well worth the listen.What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
The narration was painful. Every accent sounded like a caricature of Count Dracula. There was so much accent switching that after a while, what was meant to be helpful in distinguishing the locations/nationalities being discussed turned into moments of dread for me. Overall, I would say that audiobook producers should look very closely at the necessity for performing accents - rarely have I found them to be helpful or desired.Powerful story, painful narration
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Where does Savage Continent rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Instructrive about how a large war end. Most of us that did not participate to the event remember only the glorious parade.Part of the war we always forget
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Well researched book on post war Europe
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What did you love best about Savage Continent?
i have never read a history book that has managed so successfully to keep pulling the rug from under me. Evert time i thought i understood and sympathized with a country/a cause i would be shown things from another perspective. This is how history should be taught.What was one of the most memorable moments of Savage Continent?
you won't forget this book in a hurryWhat about John Lee’s performance did you like?
its fine - a little over enunciated for my likingWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
the whole book is moving, appalling ( i needed breaks) and even handed as far as i can tell. it is a fearsome examination of cycles of revenge that genuinely teaches something profound, rather than revel in apocalyptic pornagraphic imagery.Any additional comments?
a profound study that opened my eyes to, among other things, the cold war.relativity
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Unfortunately, John Lee, the narrator of this book, like some fellow narrators of nonfiction books, inexplicably feels a need to put on accents for all of the direct quotes of "foreigners" (which includes Americans). Since there are quotes from so many different nationalities, we are constantly subjected to what sounds like cartoonish characters from a Robin Williams routine...I persevered to the end because I was fascinated with the content, but Mr. Lee didn't make it easy…. especially since, when he had to read quotes in an actual foreign language like French or Italian, he couldn’t even pronounce the words correctly!
Good book. Shoot the narrator.
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Outstanding
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A great book
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Absolutely It tells the history of the aftermath of World War II one that we were not taught in school. Very well done. It goes well with Winter World. A must readFantastic
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What made the experience of listening to Savage Continent the most enjoyable?
A great deal of this history is available only in the languages of the countries involved, German, Polish, Serbo-Croatian etc., virtually nothing available in English. Mr. Lowe has done some great research. Why hasn't anybody else?What was one of the most memorable moments of Savage Continent?
Forced repatriation of Germans from Eastern EuropeDid John Lee do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Although Mr. Lee did his homework, pronouncing the complexities of Polish most deftly, I got tired of his mimicking the various foreign accents. Probably needed to do it for most listeners, but I didn't need his rendition of Stalin et al.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
So you think you know what happened in Europe after the Nazi's were defeatedAny additional comments?
If you're not a numbers person, you'll tire of his endless statistics. But if you'll bear with it, this is an invaluable piece of post-war historySo you think you know post-nazi Europe?
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Savage continent
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