Stevenson David (Stevenson Professor Of International History London School Of Economics & Political Science)
Stevenson David (Stevenson Professor Of International History London School Of Economics & Political Science) - 1917 War Peace And Revolution - Paperback
Stevenson David (Stevenson Professor Of International History London School Of Economics & Political Science) - 1917 War Peace And Revolution - Paperback
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Description: 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 One 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 Stevenson considers Germany's 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 on the summer attacks that undermined the moderate Provisional Government in Russia and exposed Italy to national humiliation at Caporetto and on the British decision for the ill - fated Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) 1917 offers a truly international understanding of events. The failed attempts to end the war by negotiation further clarify the underlying forces that kept it going. David Stevenson also analyses the global consequences of the year's developments showing how countries such as Brazil and China joined the belligerents Britain offered 'responsible government to India and the Allies promised a Jewish national home in Palestine. Blending political and military history and moving from capital to capital and between the cabinet chamber and the battle front the book highlights the often tumultuous debates through which leaders entered and escalated the war and the paradox that continued fighting could be justified as the shortest road towards regaining peace.
Title: 1917 War Peace And Revolution
Author(s): Stevenson David (Stevenson Professor Of International History London School Of Economics & Political Science)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198702399
Pages: 528 Pages, 21 Black And White Illustrations And 9 Maps
Publication Date: 10/1/2019
Category: First World War
Description: 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 One 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 Stevenson considers Germany's 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 on the summer attacks that undermined the moderate Provisional Government in Russia and exposed Italy to national humiliation at Caporetto and on the British decision for the ill - fated Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) 1917 offers a truly international understanding of events. The failed attempts to end the war by negotiation further clarify the underlying forces that kept it going. David Stevenson also analyses the global consequences of the year's developments showing how countries such as Brazil and China joined the belligerents Britain offered 'responsible government to India and the Allies promised a Jewish national home in Palestine. Blending political and military history and moving from capital to capital and between the cabinet chamber and the battle front the book highlights the often tumultuous debates through which leaders entered and escalated the war and the paradox that continued fighting could be justified as the shortest road towards regaining peace.
Title: 1917 War Peace And Revolution
Author(s): Stevenson David (Stevenson Professor Of International History London School Of Economics & Political Science)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198702399
Pages: 528 Pages, 21 Black And White Illustrations And 9 Maps
Publication Date: 10/1/2019
Category: First World War
