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Global War, Global Catastrophe

By Maartje Abbenhuis

Global War, Global Catastrophe Politics & History

Global War, Global Catastrophe

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Global War, Global Catastrophe presents a history of the First World War as an all-consuming industrial war that forcibly reshaped the international environment and, with it, impacted the futures of all the world's people. Narrated chronologically, the authors identify key themes and moments that radicalized the war's conduct and globalized its impact, affecting neutral and belligerent societies alike. These include Germany's invasion of Belgium and Britain's declaration of war in 1914, the expansion of economic warfare in 1915, anti-imperial resistance, the Russian revolutions of 1917 and the United States' entry into the war. Each chapter explains how individuals, communities, nation-states and empires experienced, considered and behaved in relationship to the conflict as it evolved into a total global war. Above all, the book argues that only by integrating the history of neutral and subject communities can we fully understand what made the First World War such a globally transformative event.
This book offers an accessible and readable overview of the major trajectories of the global history of the conflict. It offers an innovative history of the First World War and an important alternative to existing belligerent-centric studies.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
244
Release Date:
2021-10-07
Publication Date:
2021-10-07
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1474275850
ISBN13:
9781474275859
Weight:
377 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
13 cm
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