The Vanquished
Why the First World War Failed to End
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 446 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
"A pathbreaking account of the continuing ethnic and state violence after the end of WWI--conflicts that more than anything else set the stage for WWII"--Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part I: Defeat -- 1. A Train Journey in Spring -- 2. Russian Revolutions -- 3. Brest-Litovsk -- 4. The Taste of Victory -- 5. Reversals of Fortune -- Part II: Revolution and Counter-Revolution -- 6. No End to War -- 7. The Russian Civil Wars -- 8. The Apparent Triumph of Democracy -- 9. Radicalization -- 10. Fear of Bolshevism and the Rise of Fascism -- Part III: Imperial Collapse -- 11. Pandora's Box : Paris and the Problem of Empire -- 12. Reinventing East-Central Europe -- 13. Vae Victis -- 14. Fiume -- 15. From Smyrna to Lausanne -- Epilogue: The "Post-War" and Europe's Mid-Century Crisis.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Europe.
War and society -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Ethnic conflict -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Political violence -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
Europe -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.
Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Europe.
War and society -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Ethnic conflict -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
Political violence -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes.
Europe -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century.
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945.
Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780374282455 (hardback)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
HISTORY War WWI Ger | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
"Originally published in 2016 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, Great Britain"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-418) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-418) and index.