First World War and International Politics

Name: First World War and International Politics
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ISBN: 9780198730491

ISBN-10: 0198730497

ISBN-13: 9780198730491

Edition: 1988

Authors: David Stevenson

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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…

Book details

List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 1988
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/28/1988
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 408
Size: 5.81" wide x 8.81" long x 1.13" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



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