East West Street
On the Origins of "genocide" and "crimes Against Humanity"
Book - 2016
East West Street looks at the personal and intellectual evolution of the two men who simultaneously originated the ideas of (3z(Bgenocide(3y (Band (3z(Bcrimes against humanity,(3y (Bboth of whom, not knowing the other, studied at the same university with the same professors, in a city little known today that was a major cultural center of Europe, (3z(Bthe little Paris of Ukraine,(3y (Ba city variously called Lemberg, Lwów, Lvov, or Lviv.
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Publisher:
New York :, Alfred A Knopf,, 2016
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780385350716
Characteristics:
xii, 425 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
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Add a CommentI can’t speak highly enough of this book, which won the 2016 Baillie Gifford prize (the re-badged Samuel Johnson Prize). It draws together personal story-telling, historical narrative and legal analysis seamlessly, and is quite frankly, one of the best books I’ve read in ages.
See my complete review at:
https://residentjudge.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/east-west-street-by-phillipe-sands/
This excellent book is part family memoir, part detective story, and mostly a history of the development of the modern concepts of international courts and accountability following WW II. It raises interesting questions about the ascendency of the idea of genocide. Highly recommended.
A compelling story and an impressive piece of research.
An extraordinary book. A tour de force of investigative journalism, history, legal scholarship and personal memoir. Sands impressed me both as a writer and as a human being. A must-read. I gave the book five stars but the library app doesn't reflect that.