1917 : war, peace, and revolution

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1917 : war, peace, and revolution

David Stevenson

Oxford University Press, 2019

  • : pbk

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Nineteen seventeen : war, peace, and revolution

1917 : war, peace, & revolution

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"First published 2017. First published in paperback 2019"--T.p. verso

Summary: "1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War I David Stevenson examines this crucial year in context and illuminates the century that followed. He shows how in this one year the war was transformed, but also what drove the conflict onwards and how it continued to escalate. Two developments in particular--the Russian Revolution and American intervention--had worldwide repercussions. Offering a close examination of the key decisions, David Stevenson considers Germanys campaign of 'unrestricted' submarine warfare, America's declaration of war in response, and Britain's frustration of German strategy by adopting the convoy system, as well as why (paradoxically) the military and political stalemate in Europe persisted. Focusing on the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II, on the disastrous spring offensive that plunged the French army into mutiny, ... "

Includes bibliographical references (p. [451]-466) and index

収録内容

  • Part 1. Atlantic Prologue
  • Unleashing the U-boats
  • Enter America
  • Britain adopts convoys
  • Part 2. Continental Impasse
  • Tsar Nicholas abdicates
  • France attacks
  • The Kerensky offensive
  • The road to Passchendaele
  • Collapse at Caporetto
  • Peace moves and their rejection
  • Part 3. Global Repercussions
  • The spread of intervention : Greece, Brazil, Siam, China
  • Responsible government for India
  • A Jewish national home
  • Part 4. Conclusion
  • Towards 1918 : Lenin's revolution, the Ludendorff offensives, and Wilson's Fourteen Points

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