Letters from Nuremberg by Christopher J. Dodd audiobook

Letters from Nuremberg: My Father's Narrative of a Quest for Justice

By Senator Christopher J. Dodd, with Lary Bloom
Read by Michael Prichard

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Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: Library CD
  • 2 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9798200140015

  • ISBN: 9798200140039

Runtime: 13.55 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Senator Christopher J. Dodd (Connecticut) presents letters his father wrote home while serving as a prosecutor at Nuremberg.

Senator Thomas Dodd began his career of public service as prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials. Chris Dodd recently discovered his mother's collection of letters his father wrote during the trials. Through his father, Chris Dodd learned not only the scope of Nazi Holocaust but also the importance of the rule of law. Our allies would have preferred summary executions of the Nazi leadership, but Chris Dodd said his father gave "to these defendants that which they did not give to their victims, and the world is a better place for their example."

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“At times anguished and stimulating, always informative and insightful, Thomas Dodd’s personal letters from the Nuremburg trial to his wife as presented by his son, Senator Christopher Dodd, constitute an important contribution to history. All those interested in the events resulting from the darkest zones of humanity will find this volume of great value.” —Elie Wiesel, professor and political activist
“Thomas Dodd’s letters from Nuremberg illuminate the most important trial of the twentieth century through the moving and insightful reflections of a husband, father, and patriot as he made history. Chris Dodd places his father’s letters and the trial in context brilliantly, contrasting America’s deep commitment to the rule of law at Nuremberg with our unfortunate abandonment of that commitment at Guantanamo today. The publication of these letters is especially timely now, as we struggle to regain the respect we so justly earned sixty years ago when we demonstrated to the world the immense power of the rule of law.” —Senator Edward Kennedy
“The content of Letters from Nuremberg represents an insightful, very personal perspective into the daily workings of the Nuremberg trials. Chris skillfully extrapolates this historic chapter of European history from the loving correspondence between his father, abroad in a war-torn land, and his mother, coping with the demands of a young family remaining at home. This book, written by my valued friend and colleague, will rightfully take its place on the shelf of history.” —Senator John Warner
“This book is a tour de force—a gold mine for historians, an intimate love story, and a compelling portrait of key Nazi figures. Splendidly edited, the letters capture as never before the intrigue, the infighting, and the daily drama of one of the most important trials in history.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Bully Pulpit
“Letters from Nuremberg is actually two important and absorbing books in one. Thomas Dodd’s letters take us into the emotional heart of that complex trial that established Nazi crimes for all future generations of humankind. Christopher Dodd’s meditations on them show us the compelling importance of his father’s experience at Nuremberg to our own world sixty years later.” —Michael Beschloss, New York Time bestselling author of Presidential Courage
Moving and insightful…. Chris Dodd places his father's letters and the trial in context brilliantly. —Senator Edward Kennedy

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Author

Author Bio: Senator Christopher J. Dodd

Author Bio: Senator Christopher J. Dodd

Christopher J. Dodd, son of the late Senator Thomas J. Dodd, is a US senator from Connecticut. He is chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Labor and Human Resources Committee. A former Peace Corps volunteer, Senator Dodd is a recipient of the Edmund S. Muskie Public Service Award and is also widely known for his work on children and family issues. He and his wife, Jackie Clegg Dodd, have two young daughters, Grace and Christina, and live in a converted schoolhouse in East Haddam, Connecticut.

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Author Bio: Lary Bloom

Author Bio: Lary Bloom

Lary Bloom is an author, columnist, editor, teacher, playwright and lyricist. His eight books include The Writer Within, Letters From Nuremberg (with Christopher J. Dodd), The Test of Our Times (with Tom Ridge), and Lary Bloom’s Connecticut Notebook. He is at work on a biography, Sol LeWitt: A Life of Ideas.

His columns have appeared in the New York Times, Connecticut magazine, the Hartford Courant and other publications. He and Suzanne Levine founded Writing at the Mark Twain House and, with novelist Wally Lamb, Praiano Writers, a program on the Amalfi Coast of Italy. He has taught writing at Fairfield University, Trinity College and Wesleyan University. His plays include Wild Black Yonder, Worth Avenue and the musical A Woman of a Certain Age.

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Details

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Available Formats : Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Runtime: 13.55
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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