Captured by History, John Toland
Captured by History, John Toland
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Captured by History
One Man’s Vision of Our Tumultuous Century

Author: John Toland

Narrator: Traber Burns

Unabridged: 17 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/28/2020

Synopsis

Captured by History is an autobiography like none other, for few historians have interviewed as many men and women who helped shape the most momentous events of our century than John Toland. Here, for the first time, Toland reveals how he found these key players and how he persuaded them to talk to him. From disgraced Japanese generals to the German doctor who nearly succeeded in assassinating Hitler, Toland’s sources are remarkable for what they reveal about their subjects, along with the secrets and stories they would tell no one else.

About John Toland

John Toland (1912–2004) was an award-winning American author and one of the most widely read military historians of the twentieth century. His most well-known work is perhaps The Rising Sun, winner of the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the first book in English to tell the story of the Pacific War from the Japanese perspective. Although primarily an author of historical nonfiction, he also wrote novels, plays, and short stories. Among his published books were four New York Times bestsellers: But Not in Shame, The Last Hundred Days, Adolf Hitler, and Infamy.

About Traber Burns

Traber Burns worked for thirty-five years in regional theater, including the New York, Oregon, and Alabama Shakespeare festivals. He also spent five years in Los Angeles appearing in many television productions and commercials, including Lost, Close to Home, Without a Trace, Boston Legal, Grey’s Anatomy, Cold Case, Gilmore Girls, and others.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anson on June 17, 2019

John Toland (1912-2004) was self-trained historian who claimed to have written six novels, twenty-six plays, and a hundred short stories before publishing his first book (about the history of dirigibles) in 1957. Then, only fourteen years later he won the Pulitzer Prize for Non-Fiction. The unevennes......more

Goodreads review by Keith on July 18, 2012

Pretty good memoir by a historian of WW 2.......more

Quotes

“Toland offers here an arresting perspective on the Japanese view of World War II, and his engrossing, extremely readable autobiography is a remarkable reflection on twentieth-century history.” Library Journal

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