The Great War for Peace

by William Mulligan, Athena Dixon, E.J. Koh

Book Overview

A new look at the legacy of WWI, a war fought for peace yet followed by a century of devastating violence

"The war to end all wars" rings out a bitter mockery of the First World War, often viewed as the seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century, the crucible from which Soviet, Fascist, and Nazi dictatorships emerged. Today's conventional wisdom is that the Great War attuned the world to large-scale slaughter, that post-war efforts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300173776
• ISBN13: 9780300173772
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"