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The vanquished : why the First World War failed to end, 1917-1923 / Robert Gerwarth.

"A pathbreaking account of the continuing ethnic and state violence after the end of WWI--conflicts that more than anything else set the stage for WWII"--Provided by publisher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gerwarth, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [London] : Allen Lane, 2016.
Subjects:
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 > Europe > History > 20th century.
Ethnic conflict > Europe > History > 20th century.
Political violence > Europe > History > 20th century.
Europe > Ethnic relations > History > 20th century.
Europe > Politics and government > 1918-1945.
Europe > Social conditions > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Causes.
World War (1914-1918)
World War (1939-1945)
Buddhism and politics.
Ethnic conflict.
Ethnic relations.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political violence.
Politics and government.
Social aspects.
Social conditions.
War and society.
War > Causes.
Europe.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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