The vanquished : why the First World War failed to end

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Label

The vanquished : why the First World War failed to end

Title remainder

why the First World War failed to end

Statement of responsibility

Robert Gerwarth

Creator

• Gerwarth, Robert

Author

• Gerwarth, Robert

Subject

• Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945
• Europe -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Political violence -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• Ethnic conflict -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence
• World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Europe
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Causes
• War and society -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
• Europe -- Ethnic relations | History -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

"For the Western allies, November 11, 1918, has always been a solemn date--the end of fighting that had destroyed a generation, and also a vindication of a terrible sacrifice with the total collapse of the principal enemies: the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. But for much of the rest of Europe this was a day with no meaning, as a nightmarish series of conflicts would soon engulf country after country. In The Vanquished ..., Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europe's future, but the devastating aftermath, in which countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further major military clashes"--From publisher description

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

940.5/1

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

D523

LC item number

.G478 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult