Author: Harry Elmer BarnesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Recent Disclosures Concerning the Origins of the World War
Author: Harry Elmer BarnesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The Origins of World War I
Author: Richard F. HamiltonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521817356
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 558
Book Description
Discusses and examines the possible causes of World War I.
Current History
Author: Recent Disclosures Concerning the Origins of the World War
Author: Harry Elmer BarnesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
All Against All
Author: Paul JankowskiPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062433539
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 561
Book Description
A narrative history, cinematic in scope, of a process that was taking shape in the winter of 1933 as domestic passions around the world colluded to drive governments towards a war few of them wanted and none of them could control. All Against All is the story of the season our world changed from postwar to prewar again. It is a book about the power of bad ideas—exploring why, during a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went so wrong. Historian Paul Jankowski reveals that it was collective mentalities and popular beliefs that drove this crucial period that sent nations on the path to war, as much as any rational calculus called “national interest.” Over these six months, collective delusions filled the air. Whether in liberal or authoritarian regimes, mass participation and the crowd mentality ascended. Hitler came to power; Japan invaded Jehol and left the League of Nations; Mussolini looked towards Africa; Roosevelt was elected; France changed governments three times; and the victors of 1918 fell out acrimoniously over war debts, arms, currency, tariffs, and Germany. New hopes flickered but not for long: a world economic conference was planned, only to collapse when the US went its own way. All Against All reconstructs a series of seemingly disparate happenings whose connections can only be appraised in retrospect. As he weaves together the stories of the influences that conspired to lead the world to war, Jankowski offers a cautionary tale relevant for western democracies today. The rising threat from dictatorial regimes and the ideological challenge presented by communism and fascism gave the 1930s a unique face, just as global environmental and demographic crises are coloring our own. While we do not know for certain where these crises will take us, we do know that those of the 1930s culminated in the Second World War.
American Armies and Battlefields in Europe
Author: American Battle Monuments CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
A New Illustrated History of World War II
Author: VariousPublisher: David & Charles
ISBN: 9780715321027
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A comprehensively illustrated account of the six-year-global conflict that transformed world politics and shaped the course of modern history.
The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars
Author: Robert GilpinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521379557
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
This analysis of the origins of major wars, since the development of the modern state system in Europe centuries ago, also considers the problems involved in preventing a contemporary nuclear war.
The Origins of the Second World War in Europe
Author: P. M. H. BellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317865243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
PMH Bell's famous book is a comprehensive study of the period and debates surrounding the European origins of the Second World War. He approaches the subject from three different angles: describing the various explanations that have been offered for the war and the historiographical debates that have arisen from them, analysing the ideological, economic and strategic forces at work in Europe during the 1930s, and tracing the course of events from peace in 1932, via the initial outbreak of hostilities in 1939, through to the climactic German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941 which marked the descent into general conflict. Written in a lucid, accessible style, this is an indispensable guide to the complex origins of the Second World War.
The Origins of the First World War
Author: James JollPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317875362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ranging analysis of the historical forces at work in the Europe of 1914, and the very different ways in which historians have subsequently attempted to understand them. The importance of the theme, the breadth and sympathy of James Joll's scholarship, and the clarity of his exposition, have all contributed to the spectacular success of the book since its first appearance in 1984. Revised by Gordon Martel, this new 3rd edition accommodates recent research and an expanded further reading section.