World War One - The Global Revolution

Informationen zum Autor Lawrence Sondhaus is Gerald and Marjorie Morgan Professor of European History at the University of Indianapolis. His publications include German Submarine Warfare in World War I (2017), The Great War at Sea (2014), Strategic Culture and Ways of War (2006), Naval Warfare, 1815-1914 (2001), and Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf: Architect of the Apocalypse (2000). Klappentext This revised and updated interpretation of World War I highlights the revolutionary nature and legacy of the conflict of 1914-1919. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural history of the war at home as well as the war's origins, ending and subsequent legacy. Zusammenfassung This revised and updated interpretation of World War I highlights the revolutionary nature and legacy of the conflict of 1914–1919. It examines the political, economic, social and cultural history of the war at home as well as the war's origins, ending and subsequent legacy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The world in 1914 and the origins of the war; 2. The July Crisis, 1914; 3. The European war unfolds, August-December 1914; 4. The world war: East Asia, the Pacific, Africa; 5. The deepening stalemate: Europe, 1915; 6. The home fronts, 1914-16; 7. Raising the stakes: Europe, 1916; 8.The war at sea, 1915-18; 9. Wilson, Lenin, and visions for peace; 10. Upheaval and uncertainty: Europe, 1917; 11. The home fronts, 1916-18; 12. The world war: the Middle East and India; 13. Endgame: Europe, 1918; 14. The Paris Peace Conference; 15. Legacy; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Sondhaus Lawrence Sondhaus, Lawrence Sondhaus, Lawrence (University of Indianapolis) Sondhaus
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2021
• EAN: 9781108496193
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49619-3
• No. of pages: 492
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, Modern warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I