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Empires at War: 1911-1923 (The Greater War)
Robert Gerwarth
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Description for Empires at War: 1911-1923 (The Greater War)
Paperback. The first volume to examine the Great War as a global conflict between empires rather than a European war between nation-states, extending the study beyond the traditional 1914-1918 timeline. Editor(s): Gerwarth, Robert; Manela, Erez. Series: The Greater War. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 black and white halftones and 5 maps. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBLW; HBTQ; HBWN; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Empires at War, 1911-1923 offers a new perspective on the history of the Great War. It expands the story of the war both in time and space to include the violent conflicts that preceded and followed the First World War, from the 1911 Italian invasion of Libya to the massive violence that followed the collapse of the Ottoman, Russian, and Austrian empires until 1923. It also presents the war as a global war of empires rather than a a European war between nation-states. This volume tells the story of the millions of imperial subjects called upon to defend their ... Read more
Empires at War, 1911-1923 offers a new perspective on the history of the Great War. It expands the story of the war both in time and space to include the violent conflicts that preceded and followed the First World War, from the 1911 Italian invasion of Libya to the massive violence that followed the collapse of the Ottoman, Russian, and Austrian empires until 1923. It also presents the war as a global war of empires rather than a a European war between nation-states. This volume tells the story of the millions of imperial subjects called upon to defend their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Greater War
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198734932
SKU
V9780198734932
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About Robert Gerwarth
Robert Gerwarth is the author and editor of several books on the history of violence, including a biography of Reinhard Heydrich (with Donald Bloxham, 2011), Political Violence in Twentieth-Century Europe (2011); and War in Peace: Paramilitary Violence after the Great War (with John Horne, 2012). Erez Manela directs the Program on Global Society and Security at Harvard University. He ... Read more
Reviews for Empires at War: 1911-1923 (The Greater War)
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 ... Read more