The Deluge: The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931

Tooze, Adam

Overview

A Century After The Outbreak Of The First World War, A Powerful Explanation Of Why The War's Legacy Continues To Shape Our World. The War Would Make A Celebrity Out Of Woodrow Wilson And Would Ratify The Emergence Of The Us As The Dominant Force In The World Economy-- The Deluge : The Remaking Of World Order -- The Eurasian Crisis. War In The Balance ; Peace Without Victory ; The War Grave Of Russian Democracy ; China Joins A World At War ; Brest-litovsk ; Making A Brutal Peace ; The World Come Apart ; Intervention -- Winning A Democratic Victory. Energizing The Entente ; The Arsenals Of Democracy ; Armistice : Setting The Wilsonian Script ; Democracy Under Pressure -- The Unfinished Peace. A Patchwork World Order ; The Truth About The Treaty ; Reparations ; Compliance In Europe ; Compliance In Asia ; The Fiasco Of Wilsonianism -- The Search For A New Order. The Great Deflation ; Crisis Of Empire ; A Conference In Washington ; Reinventing Communism ; Genoa : The Failure Of British Hegemony ; Europe On The Brink ; The New Politics Of War And Peace ; The Great Depression -- Raising The Stakes. Adam Tooze. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 519-583) And Index.

Details
Viking
9780670024926
Hardcover
2014
EN
672 pages
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