Plotting for Peace - American Peacemakers, British Codebreakers, Britain At War, 19141917

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The First Year of War (August 1914-August 1915); 2. Strategy (August-December 1915); 3. Negotiations (January-March 1916); 4. Deliberations (March-May 1916); 5. The Gamble (June-August 1916); 6. The Knock-out Blow (September-October 1916); 7. The Fall of Asquith (October-December 1916); 8. Peace Moves (December 1916-January 1917); 9. The Zimmermann Telegram and Wilson's Move to War (February-April 1917); Conclusion.

About the author

Daniel Larsen is College Lecturer in History at Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

Summary

Daniel Larsen reveals the dramatic role of British codebreaking during the First World War - leading to a revolutionary re-interpretation of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's diplomacy, British Prime Ministers H.H. Asquith's and David Lloyd George's war leaderships, British intelligence, and the Anglo-American economic relationship during the war.

Additional text

'Daniel Larsen provides us with by far the best account of Anglo-American relations in the crucial months preceding America's entry into the First World War. Challenging received interpretations, compellingly argued, and eloquently written, it blends finance and secret intelligence with diplomacy and high politics.' David Stevenson, author of 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Larsen, Daniel (University of Cambridge) Larsen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9781108486682
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48668-2
• No. of pages: 444
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, First World War, HISTORY / Military / General, 20th Century, North America, military history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / North America, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1910 to c 1919, History of the Americas, Modern warfare, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), North America (USA and Canada), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I