The First World War and International Politics

ISBN-13: 9780198202813 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 408 str.

David Stevenson

Opis

The horrors of the First World War--trench warfare, human tragedy, and military blunders--are well known, yet the role of politicians and diplomats has strangely been neglected. Redressing this imbalance, David Stevenson focusses on the politics of the war: why the governments of the day resorted to violence in pursuit of their political objectives, why conflict expanded to a global level, the significance of the Russian Revolution, why it was impossible to achieve compromise, and why the eventual peace settlement took the troubled form that it did. Based on detailed research in recently opened archives, this book offers valuable insight into an important chapter of 20th-century international history.

Recenzje

an important and stimulating reassessment of the politics of the First World War ... deserves to be widely read.

Spis treści

Abbreviations; List of maps; Introduction; The outbreak of the conflict, July-August 1914; The expansion of the conflict, August 1914-April 1917; War aims, August 1914-April 1917; The failure to compromise, March-November 1917; Resolution by force, November 1917-November 1918; The fruits of victory, November 1918-November 1920; Conclusion Notes; Bibliography; Index