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Genre/Form: | Aufsatzsammlung History Konferenzschrift |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Gerwarth; Erez Manela |
ISBN: | 9780198734932 019873493X 9780198702511 0198702515 |
OCLC Number: | 947931119 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2014. - Includes bibliographical references and index |
Description: | x, 283 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction ; 1. The Ottoman Empire ; 2. The Italian Empire ; 3. The German Empire ; 4. Austria-Hungary ; 5. The Russian Empire ; 6. The French Empire ; 7. British Imperial Africa ; 8. The Dominions, Ireland and India ; 9. The Portuguese Empire ; 10. The Japanese Empire ; 11. China and Empire ; 12. The United States ; 13. Empires at the Paris Peace Conference |
Series Title: | The greater war |
Responsibility: | edited by Robert Gerwarth and Erez Manela |
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The First World War was a war not fought between nations but between empires European and Asian as well as "blue-water empires". This fundamental insight of the Greater War opens a powerful new perspective on the way the war was fought, the aims of the combatants, and the strains it imposed on their brittle systems of rule. The result is a major contribution to rethinking the First World War's impact on modern world (and not just European) history. * John Darwin, Oxford University * Empires at War is the best account we have of the global framework of warfare in the period including and surrounding the Great War. The value of this rich collection is in its forceful demonstration of how deeply imbedded nations were in transnational projects, traditions, experiences, and dreams. * Jay Winter, Yale University * With contributions from this generations most influential historians, Empires at War offers a stunning reappraisal of the First World War's global dimensions; revealing with brilliant clarity how imperialism reached its zenith, and then collapsed as a newly politicized ethnic and racial groups stepped forward to demand their rightful place in the world order. * Jennifer D. Keene, Chapman University * Empires at War makes and important and much-needed contribution to the history of the Great War by reminding us that it was a truly a world wide conflict and one which for many areas from Central Europe to the Far East continued well beyond the armistice of 1918. This strong collection of thoughtful essays expands our understanding of a pivotal moment of the twentieth century by showing the war's global impact and consequences. * Margaret MacMillan, Oxford University * Empires at War: 1911-1923 is a brilliant and important scholarly achievement that will engage academics and general readers alike ... a masterclass in how an edited volume should be put together * Richard Aldous, Irish Times * uniformly insightful essays * Maureen Healy, H-Net Reviews * Recommended * E. J. Jenkins, CHOICE * Read more...

