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Beyond 1917: The United States and the Global Legacies of the Great War

Editat de Thomas W. Zeiler, David K. Ekbladh, Benjamin C. Montoya
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 iun 2017
A massively destructive and transformative event, the First World War left in its wake many legacies. Beyond 1917 explores both the consequences of the war for the United States (and the world) and American influence on shaping the legacies of the conflict in the decades after US entry in 1917. From the fields, seas, and airspace of battle, we live today with the consequences of the Great War's poison gas, post-traumatic stress disorder, and technological inventions such as air bombardment of civilians, submarine and tank warfare, and modern surgical techniques. Conscription, pacifism, humanitarian campaigns, and socialist movements emerged from the war to shape politics within countries for decades to come. Governments learned the value of propaganda, both in print and in film. Society changed: women were emancipated in some countries and citizenship was altered in many places, while aristocracy and monarchies went into decline. European empires were transformed and in some cases destroyed; in the Middle East, the change was enormous, beginning with the final collapse of Ottoman hegemony in the region. Fascism and communism, mass migration, independence, militarism, an influenza epidemic, the rise of Wall Street and American economic power, a slowdown in the process of globalization, and the pursuit of world peace by an organization based on collective security numbered among the most significant and lasting legacies of this conflict. Beyond 1917 explores how and why the war has become an integral milepost for human history, reflects the importance of the conflict, the forces that led to it, and the forces it unleashed. On the occasion of the centennial commemorations, an international group of scholars considers the long-term policy, political, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the war for the United States itself and for the world. In addition to interpretive essays, the volume provides a comprehensive bibliography and timeline of events.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780190604011
ISBN-10: 0190604018
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: 24 illus.
Dimensiuni: 231 x 155 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

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Extraordinarily useful There is certainly much the reader will learn from each of the fifteen chapters gathered together in this well-balanced volume.
This excellent collection of essays presents an overview of recent historiography regarding the legacies of the Great War with particular focus on the United States' involvement....Scholars and general readers alike will benefit from these essays, which clearly demonstrate that the Great War left global legacies that still shape world history in the twenty-first century.
Stimulating... The controversial nature of some of the contributions and the divergences among the authors on certain issues (for example, whether U.S. entry into the war dramatically transformed it) may make the collection useful for stimulating discussion. The essays are also valuable for the ways they address neglected topics, sketch the state of current scholarship, and promote rethinking of the waging, meanings, and effects of World War I. The collection is enhanced by a useful timeline and an excellent, up-to-date bibliography.

Notă biografică

Thomas W. Zeiler is Professor of History and Director of the Program in International Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder. He is the author of Annihilation: A Global Military History of World War II, among other titles. He is the former Editor of Diplomatic History and President of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR).David K. Ekbladh is Associate Professor of History and Core Faculty in International Relations at Tufts University. He is the author of The Great American Mission: Modernization and the Construction of an American World Order.Benjamin C. Montoya is a Lecturer in History and International Affairs at the University of Colorado, Boulder.