The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End - Robert Gerwarth by Robert Gerwarth
An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War Iconflicts that would shape the course of the twentieth century, For the Western allies, November 11, 1918 has always been a solemn datethe end of fighting that had destroyed a generation, but also a vindication of a terrible sacrifice with the total collapse of the principal enemies: the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. But for much of the rest of Europe this was a day with no meaning, as a continuing, nightmarish series of conflicts engulfed country after country., In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europes future, but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further ma
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The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End - Robert Gerwarth
Robert Gerwarth
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An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War Iconflicts that would shape the course of the twentieth century, For the Western allies, November 11, 1918 has always been a solemn datethe end of fighting that had destroyed a generation, but also a vindication of a terrible sacrifice with the total collapse of the principal enemies: the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. But for much of the rest of Europe this was a day with no meaning, as a continuing, nightmarish series of conflicts engulfed country after country., In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western Front that proved so ruinous to Europes future, but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the original conflict were savaged by revolutions, pogroms, mass expulsions, and further ma
