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Cataclysm 1914
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-03-10
Cataclysm 1914 written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with Political Science categories.
Cataclysm 1914 brings together a number of leftist scholars from a variety of fields to explore the many different aspects of the origins, trajectories and consequences of the First World War. The collection not only aims to examine the war itself, but seeks to visualise the conflict and all its immediate consequences (such as the Bolshevik Revolution and ascendency of US hegemony) as a defining moment—perhaps the defining moment—in 20th century world politics rupturing and reconstituting the ‘modern’ epoch in its many instantiations. In doing so, the collection takes up a variety of different topics of interest to both a general reader, those focused on Marxian theory and strategy, and leftist and socialist histories of the war. Contributors are: Alexander Anievas, Shelley Baranowski, Neil Davidson, Geoff Eley, Sandra Halperin, Esther Leslie, Lars T. Lih, Domenico Losurdo, Wendy Matsumura, Peter D. Thomas, Adam Tooze, Alberto Toscano, and Enzo Traverso.
Cataclysm
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Author : David Stevenson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2009-03-25
Cataclysm written by David Stevenson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-25 with History categories.
David Stevenson's widely acclaimed history of World War I changes forever our understanding of that pivotal conflict. Countering the commonplace assumption that politicians lost control of events, and that the war, once it began, quickly became an unstoppable machine, Stevenson contends that politicians deliberately took risks that led to war in July 1914. Far from being overwhelmed by the unprecedented scale and brutality of the bloodshed, political leaders on both sides remained very much in control of events throughout. According to Stevenson, the disturbing reality is that the course of the war was the result of conscious choices -- including the continued acceptance of astronomical casualties. In fluid prose, Stevenson has written a definitive history of the man-made catastrophe that left lasting scars on the twentieth century. Cataclysm is a truly international history, incorporating new research on previously undisclosed records from governments in Europe and across the world. From the complex network of secret treaties and alliances that eventually drew all of Europe into the war, through the bloodbaths of Gallipoli and the Somme, to the arrival of American forces, and the massive political, economic, and cultural shifts the conflict left in its wake, Cataclysm is a major revision of World War I history.
The Month That Changed The World
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Author : Gordon Martel
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
The Month That Changed The World written by Gordon Martel and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with History categories.
Dedicating a chapter to every day of July 1914, the author retraces the actions that led to World War I, beginning with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and following leaders of the time as they escalated the crisis.
On The Threshold Of The Apocalypse
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Author : Léon Bloy
language : en
Publisher: Sunny Lou Publishing
Release Date : 2021-09-06
On The Threshold Of The Apocalypse written by Léon Bloy and has been published by Sunny Lou Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-06 with History categories.
On the Threshold of the Apocalypse, 1913-1915, is the seventh volume from Léon Bloyʼs personal journal begun in 1892. This volume begins one year before World War I began, but ends, like the author (who passed in 1917), before the great war ended. Often prescient when it comes to the European stage, and particularly the imminent threat posed by Prussia, with respect to France, "the Eldest Daughter of the Church," - Bloy had been predicting a terrible cataclysm as far back as the early 1870s. In fact, Our Lady of Salette, whom Bloy was familiar with, provided the religious explanation for the war, if purely human reasons were not enough. In this journal, the bloody writing on the wall is seen as early as January, 1913: "When one wants to change a banknote, one is bombarded with one-hundred sous pieces. The Bank has returned all the gold coin to its vaults, in prevision for some dreadful war." In late July, 1914, he writes, "Universal disquietude caused by the menacing attitude of Austria toward Serbia takes shape all of a sudden. That war being able to have a European conflagration for effect... Are the announced cataclysms close finally?" On July 31, 1914, he writes: "Austria has just begun its war with Serbia which will infallibly unleash everything." What follows is a nearly daily account of the war as seen from Paris, Chartes, Rennes. But with all the cataclysm and apocalyptic gloom that one would expect, from a man like Léon Bloy, there is also, for all that, the optimism, and good faith, in a good God: "All that happens in life is perfectly adorable, because nothing happens that is outside the divine plan."
An Improbable War
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Author : Holger Afflerbach
language : en
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Release Date : 2012
An Improbable War written by Holger Afflerbach and has been published by Berghahn Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century." Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas about the war's causes, especially the notion of "inevitability."
July 1914
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Author : Sean McMeekin
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-04-29
July 1914 written by Sean McMeekin and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-29 with History categories.
When a Serbian-backed assassin gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in late June 1914, the world seemed unmoved. Even Ferdinand's own uncle, Franz Josef I, was notably ambivalent about the death of the Hapsburg heir, saying simply, "It is God's will." Certainly, there was nothing to suggest that the episode would lead to conflict -- much less a world war of such massive and horrific proportions that it would fundamentally reshape the course of human events. As acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin reveals in July 1914, World War I might have been avoided entirely had it not been for a small group of statesmen who, in the month after the assassination, plotted to use Ferdinand's murder as the trigger for a long-awaited showdown in Europe. The primary culprits, moreover, have long escaped blame. While most accounts of the war's outbreak place the bulk of responsibility on German and Austro-Hungarian militarism, McMeekin draws on surprising new evidence from archives across Europe to show that the worst offenders were actually to be found in Russia and France, whose belligerence and duplicity ensured that war was inevitable. Whether they plotted for war or rode the whirlwind nearly blind, each of the men involved -- from Austrian Foreign Minister Leopold von Berchtold and German Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Sazonov and French president Raymond Poincaré- sought to capitalize on the fallout from Ferdinand's murder, unwittingly leading Europe toward the greatest cataclysm it had ever seen. A revolutionary account of the genesis of World War I, July 1914 tells the gripping story of Europe's countdown to war from the bloody opening act on June 28th to Britain's final plunge on August 4th, showing how a single month -- and a handful of men -- changed the course of the twentieth century.
The Origins Of The War Of 1914
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Author : Luigi Albertini
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Origins Of The War Of 1914 written by Luigi Albertini and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
A classic because of its comprehensive treatment of the subject, Albertini's book has been out of print for half a century. Beginning with the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Albertini traces the pattern of events that led Europe to the greatest cataclysm ever faced.
The Origins Of The War Of 1914 European Relations From The Congress Of Berlin To The Eve Of The Sarajevo Murder
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Author : Luigi Albertini
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
The Origins Of The War Of 1914 European Relations From The Congress Of Berlin To The Eve Of The Sarajevo Murder written by Luigi Albertini and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Europe categories.
A classic because of its comprehensive treatment of the subject, Albertini's book has been out of print for half a century. Beginning with the Congress of Berlin in 1878, Albertini traces the pattern of events that led Europe to the greatest cataclysm ever faced.
A Hobbit A Wardrobe And A Great War
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Author : Joseph Loconte
language : en
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Release Date : 2015-06-30
A Hobbit A Wardrobe And A Great War written by Joseph Loconte and has been published by Thomas Nelson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with Religion categories.
Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia, and perhaps no conversion to Christianity by C. S. Lewis. The First World War laid waste to a continent and brought about the end of innocence—and the end of faith. Unlike a generation of young writers who lost faith in the God of the Bible, however, J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis found that the Great War deepened their spiritual quest. Both men served as soldiers on the Western Front, survived the trenches, and used the experience of that conflict to ignite their Christian imagination. Tolkien and Lewis produced epic stories infused with the themes of guilt and grace, sorrow and consolation. Giving an unabashedly Christian vision of hope in a world tortured by doubt and disillusionment, the two writers created works that changed the course of literature and shaped the faith of millions. This is the first book to explore their work in light of the spiritual crisis sparked by the conflict.
European Culture In The Great War
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Author : Aviel Roshwald
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-02-14
European Culture In The Great War written by Aviel Roshwald and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-14 with History categories.
A comparative study of European cultural and social history during the First World War.