Description: Year Zero is a landmark reckoning with the great drama that ensued after war ended in 1945. Regime change had come on a global scale, creating the greatest power vacuum in history. Out of the vicious power struggles emerged the modern world. The scale of transformation is almost impossible to imagine. Great cities lay in ruins, their populations decimated. At the same time, the euphoria of the liberated was extraordinary. A poignant grace note throughout his history is Buruma's own father's story. His journey home and attempted reentry into "normalcy" stand in many ways for his generation's experience.
Brief description:
Gildart Jackson's acting credits span the stage and screen. He is most often recognized for his roles as Gideon on Charmed and Simon Prentiss on General Hospital. He has also starred in numerous television shows, including CSI and Vegas, and he played the lead in the highly acclaimed independent feature film You, directed by his wife, Melora Hardin.
Review Quotes:
"Ian Buruma's lively new history, Year Zero, is about the various ways in which the aftermath of the Good War turned out badly for many people and splendidly for some who didn't deserve it. It is enriched by his knowledge of six languages, a sense of personal connection to the era (his Dutch father was a forced laborer in Berlin), and his understanding of this period from a book he wrote two decades ago that is still worth reading, The Wages of Guilt: Memories of War in Germany and Japan."
-- "New York Times Book Review"