Author : Thomas W. Zeiler,David K. Ekbladh,Benjamin C. Montoya
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190604011
Beyond 1917 by Thomas W. Zeiler,David K. Ekbladh,Benjamin C. Montoya Pdf
European empires were transformed and in some cases destroyed; in the Middle East, the change was enormous, beginning with the final collapse of Ottoman hegemony in the region. Fascism and communism, mass migration, independence, militarism, an influenza epidemic, the rise of Wall Street and American economic power, a slowdown in the process of globalization, and the pursuit of world peace by an organization based on collective security numbered among the most significant and lasting legacies of this conflict. Beyond 1917 explores how and why the war has become an integral milepost for human history, reflects the importance of the conflict, the forces that led to it, and the forces it unleashed. On the occasion of the centennial commemorations, an international group of scholars considers the long-term policy, political, social, economic, and cultural consequences of the war for the United States itself and for the world.