Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The vanquished :

Gerwarth, Robert,

The vanquished : why the First World War failed to end, 1917-1923 / Robert Gerwarth. - 446 pages ; illustrations, maps : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Defeat -- 1. A Train Journey in Spring -- 2. Russian Revolutions -- 3. Brest-Litovsk -- 4. A Taste of Victory -- 5. Reversals of Fortune -- Part II: Revolution and Counter-Revolution -- 6. No End to War -- 7. The Russian Civil Wars -- 8. The Apparent Triumph of Democracy -- 9. Radicalization -- 10. Fear of Bolshevism and the Rise of Fascism -- Part III: Imperial Collapse -- 11. Pandora's Box : Paris and the Problem of Empire -- 12. Reinventing East-Central Europe -- 13. Vae Victis -- 14. Fiume -- 15. From Smyrna to Lausanne -- Epilogue: The "Post-War" and Europe's Mid-Century Crisis.

9781846148118 (hardback) 1846148111 (hardback)

2016416692

GBB677109 bnb


World War, 1914-1918--Influence.
World War, 1914-1918--Political aspects.
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects.
World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--Europe.
War and society--History--Europe--20th century.
Ethnic conflict--History--Europe--20th century.
Political violence--History--Europe--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Causes.


Europe--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.
Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
Europe--Social conditions--20th century.

D523 / .G478b 2016

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