John Lukacs (1924–2019)
Author of Five Days in London: May 1940
About the Author
John Lukacs was born Janos Adalbert Lukacs in Budapest, Hungry on January 31, 1924. His father was Catholic and his mother was Jewish. He received an advanced degree in history from the University of Budapest. Although he was a practicing Catholic, he was considered Jewish enough to be conscripted show more into an army labor battalion when the Nazis occupied Hungary. He deserted in late 1944. When things did not improve under Soviet occupation and a Communist government, he fled illegally to the United States in July 1946. He was hired as a part-time lecturer in history at Columbia University to accommodate an influx of returning veterans. In 1947, he was hired by Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia to teach full time. He taught there for 47 years, retiring in 1994. He wrote numerous books including The Last European War; Confessions of an Original Sinner; The Duel: The Eighty-Day Struggle Between Churchill and Hitler; The Hitler of History; A Student's Guide to the Study of History; Churchill: Visionary. Statesman. Historian.; At the End of an Age; George Kennan: A Study of Character; and A Short History of the Twentieth Century. He died from heart failure on May 6, 2019 at the age of 95. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by John Lukacs
Blood, toil, tears and sweat : Winston Churchill and the speech that saved civilization (2007) 103 copies, 5 reviews
A Student's Guide to European History 29 copies
George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944-1946: The Kennan-Lukacs Correspondence (1997) 16 copies
Through the History of the Cold War: The Correspondence of George F. Kennan and John Lukacs (2010) 15 copies
Booknotes: A History of Hitler 2 copies
Decline and rise of Europe: A study in recent history, with particular emphasis on the development of a European… (1976) 2 copies
Evek... 1 copy
Associated Works
The Old Regime and the French Revolution (1856) — Translator, some editions — 1,372 copies, 8 reviews
What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2001) — Contributor — 1,040 copies, 11 reviews
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 557 copies, 1 review
What Ifs? of American History : Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2003) — Contributor — 504 copies, 7 reviews
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contributor — 472 copies, 4 reviews
Novel History: Historians and Novelists Confront America's Past and Each Other (2001) — Contributor — 134 copies, 1 review
The European Revolution & Correspondence with Gobineau (1959) — Editor, some editions; Translator, some editions — 25 copies, 1 review
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- Legal name
- Lukacs, John Adalbert
- Birthdate
- 1924-01-31
- Date of death
- 2019-05-06
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Hungary [birth]
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- Hungary
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
- Place of death
- Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- University of Budapest
- Occupations
- historian
author - Organizations
- Chestnut Hill College
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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