Название: 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution
Автор: David Stevenson
Издательство: Oxford University Press
Год: 2018
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 519
Размер: 71,4 Mb
Язык: English
1917 was a year of calamitous events, and one of pivotal importance in the development of the First World War. In1917: War, Peace, and Revolution, leading historian of World War One, David Stevenson, examines this crucial year in context and illuminates the century that followed. He shows how in this one year the war was transformed, but also what drove the conflict onwards and how it continued to escalate. Two developments in particular - the Russian Revolution and American intervention - had worldwide repercussions. Offering a close examination of the key decisions, David Stevenson considers Germany's campaign of 'unrestricted' submarine warfare, America's declaration of war in response, and Britain's frustration of German strategy by adopting the convoy system, as well as why (paradoxically) the military and political stalemate in Europe persisted.