| Description |
xxiii, 643 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-583) and index. |
| Contents |
The deluge : the remaking of world order -- The Eurasian crisis. War in the balance ; Peace without victory ; The war grave of Russian democracy ; China joins a world at war ; Brest-Litovsk ; Making a brutal peace ; The world come apart ; Intervention -- Winning a democratic victory. Energizing the entente ; The arsenals of democracy ; Armistice : setting the Wilsonian script ; Democracy under pressure -- The unfinished peace. A patchwork world order ; "The truth about the Treaty" ; Reparations ; Compliance in Europe ; Compliance in Asia ; The fiasco of Wilsonianism -- The search for a new order. The Great Deflation ; Crisis of empire ; A conference in Washington ; Reinventing Communism ; Genoa : the failure of British hegemony ; Europe on the brink ; The new politics of war and peace ; The Great Depression -- Raising the stakes. |
| Summary |
"A century after the outbreak of the First World War, a powerful explanation of why the war's legacy continues to shape our world. The war would make a celebrity out of Woodrow Wilson and would ratify the emergence of the US as the dominant force in the world economy"-- Provided by publisher. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
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Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.
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World politics -- 1919-1932.
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Balance of power -- History -- 20th century.
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Economic history -- 1918-1945.
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International relations -- History -- 20th century.
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HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
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HISTORY / Military / World War I.
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| Added Title |
Great War, America, and the remaking of the global order, 1916-1931 |
| ISBN |
0670024929 (hardback) |
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9780670024926 (hardback) |
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