"In these turbulent years, democracy was tested by war, pandemic, and violence driven by conflicts over race, immigration, and labor rights. In American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis, legendary historian Adam Hochschild brings this moment vividly to life, revealing both the repression that darkened the era and the Americans who struggled to repair a fractured nation."
"Adam Hochschild (pronunciation: "Hoch" as in "spoke"; "schild" as in "build") is the author of eleven books. American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisisis his most recent. His preceding book, the biography Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes, was published in 2020. Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, appeared in 2016."
Between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, American democracy confronted war, pandemic, and widespread violence rooted in conflicts over race, immigration, and labor rights. Repressive policies and vigilante violence deepened social fractures while activists, workers, and citizens sought to repair the nation. Public health emergencies, war-time measures, and xenophobic and racist reactions shaped political and legal responses. Structural forces such as racism, xenophobia, and contested labor relations persisted beyond the era and continue to influence contemporary debates about civil liberties, citizenship, and economic justice.
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