World War I
This book is a collection of essays on World War I, discussing the potency of nationalism, the horrific conditions of trench warfare, the nations' casualties, and the weaknesses of the peace settlement.
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San Diego, Calif.
Greenhaven press
c2002
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| Series: | Turning points (Greenhaven Press)
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Table of Contents:
- Origins of World War I
- Explosive mix : nationalism and military alliances / H. Stuart Hughes ; Causes of war : sharing the blame / Michael J. Lyons ; Trigger of war : the assassination of Franz Ferdinand / Robert K. Massie ; Britain's intervention : a great mistake? / Niall Ferguson
- War expands and intensifies, 1914-1916
- War of attrition / Christopher Andrew ; Eastern Front : success and failure / James L. Stokesbury ; Slaughter : the Battle of Verdun / John F. Wukovits ; Battle of the Somme / S.L.A. Marshall ; Tragedy at Gallipoli / William R. Griffiths ; War in the trenches : guns and gas / John Ellis
- Russian Revolution, American intervention, and German defeat, 1917-1918
- Russia leaves the war : revolution / Martin Gilbert ; President Wilson's decision for war / Richard Hofstadter ; Failure of Germany's submarine gamble / Trevor Wilson ; Peace with victory : Wilson's Fourteen Points / John Milton Cooper Jr. ; Central Powers collapse / Keith Robbins
- Home fronts
- Mobilizing the home front for total war / Gordon A. Craig ; Civilians at war : blockades test the home fronts / Arthur Marwick ; Germany's home front ordeal / Laurence Moyer ; Women, war, and work / Gail Braybon ; Anti-German hysteria in the United States / Meirion Harries & Susie Harries
- Peace and the legacy of World War I
- Troubled peace / David Thomson ; How World War I led to World War II / P.M.H. Bell ; Perils of peacemaking in a war-torn world / Robert H. Ferrell ; World War I and the rise of totalitarian dictatorships / Jack J. Roth ; Scars of total war / Jay Winter & Blaine Baggett.