World War One: The Global Revolution
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 10/29/2020
EAN 9781108496193, ISBN10: 1108496199
Hardcover, 492 pages, 24.6 x 19.6 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
World War I and its aftermath witnessed a global revolution. This was reflected in the revolutionary war aims of most of the belligerents, the technological revolution that made the war so deadly, the revolutionary sentiment that grew among ordinary combatants, and the revolutionary pressures that led to the collapse of the Romanov, Habsburg, and Ottoman empires. In this revised edition of World War One, Lawrence Sondhaus synthesizes the latest scholarship on the war and incorporates insights from the vast body of work published during the war's centenary. He charts the political, economic, social and cultural history of the war at home and on the frontlines as well as the war's origins, ending and transformative effects on societal norms and attitudes, gender and labor relations, and international trade and finance. The accessible narrative is supported by chronologies, personal accounts, guides to key controversies and debates, and numerous maps and photographs.
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.