The First World War and International Politics

by David Stevenson

Book Overview

The horrors of the First World War--trench warfare, human tragedy, and military blunders--are well known, yet the role of politicians and diplomats has strangely been neglected. Redressing this imbalance, David Stevenson focusses on the politics of the war: why the governments of the day resorted to violence in pursuit of their political objectives, why conflict expanded to a global level, the significance of the Russian Revolution, why it was impossible...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198202814
• ISBN13: 9780198202813
• Release Date: September 1991
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 404 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"