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The Resource March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution, Will Englund

March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution, Will Englund

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"A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered World War I. "We are provincials no longer, " said Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inaugural. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance into World War I, as Russia teetered between autocracy and democracy. Just ten days after Wilson's declaration, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne, ending a three-centuries-long dynasty and ushering in the false dawn of a democratic Russia. Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany a few short weeks later, asserting the United States's new role as a global power and its commitment to spreading American ideals abroad. Will Englund draws on a wealth of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and newspaper accounts to furnish texture and personal detail to the story of that month. March 1917 celebrates the dreams of warriors, pacifists, revolutionaries, and reactionaries, even as it demonstrates how their successes and failures constitute the origin story of the complex world we inhabit a century later."--Provided by publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 387 pages
Contents
  • Go! Go! Go!
  • A crime against civilization
  • Rich earth, rotting leaves
  • You fellows are in for it
  • We have had to push and push and push
  • People think it will be very bloody
  • A twilight zone
  • No, sir, boss
  • A pleasant air of verisimilitude
  • We are sitting on a volcano
  • Cossacks riding up and down
  • Happier days for all humanity
  • Nothing to lose but their miserable lives
  • The great liberal leader of the world
  • It might be all right for you to have your little pocket gun
  • Like a river at flood
  • To scold an earthquake
  • Reeked with patriotism
  • A mending of their troubles
  • The lid is kept screwed down
  • When the man-world is mad for war
  • History will count you right
Isbn
9780393292084
Instance
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March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution
Title
March 1917
Title remainder
on the brink of war and revolution
Statement of responsibility
Will Englund
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
"A riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered World War I. "We are provincials no longer, " said Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inaugural. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance into World War I, as Russia teetered between autocracy and democracy. Just ten days after Wilson's declaration, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne, ending a three-centuries-long dynasty and ushering in the false dawn of a democratic Russia. Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany a few short weeks later, asserting the United States's new role as a global power and its commitment to spreading American ideals abroad. Will Englund draws on a wealth of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and newspaper accounts to furnish texture and personal detail to the story of that month. March 1917 celebrates the dreams of warriors, pacifists, revolutionaries, and reactionaries, even as it demonstrates how their successes and failures constitute the origin story of the complex world we inhabit a century later."--Provided by publisher
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Englund, Will
Dewey number
940.53092/2
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
D521
LC item number
.E64 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Nineteen seventeen, A.D
  • Soviet Union
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Europe
  • HISTORY / Europe
  • HISTORY / Military / World War I
  • HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
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March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution, Will Englund
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-364) and index
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volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
Go! Go! Go! -- A crime against civilization -- Rich earth, rotting leaves -- You fellows are in for it -- We have had to push and push and push -- People think it will be very bloody -- A twilight zone -- No, sir, boss -- A pleasant air of verisimilitude -- We are sitting on a volcano -- Cossacks riding up and down -- Happier days for all humanity -- Nothing to lose but their miserable lives -- The great liberal leader of the world -- It might be all right for you to have your little pocket gun -- Like a river at flood -- To scold an earthquake -- Reeked with patriotism -- A mending of their troubles -- The lid is kept screwed down -- When the man-world is mad for war -- History will count you right
Control code
1686047
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 387 pages
Isbn
9780393292084
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2016046272
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1686047
  • (OCoLC)966274020
Label
March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution, Will Englund
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-364) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Go! Go! Go! -- A crime against civilization -- Rich earth, rotting leaves -- You fellows are in for it -- We have had to push and push and push -- People think it will be very bloody -- A twilight zone -- No, sir, boss -- A pleasant air of verisimilitude -- We are sitting on a volcano -- Cossacks riding up and down -- Happier days for all humanity -- Nothing to lose but their miserable lives -- The great liberal leader of the world -- It might be all right for you to have your little pocket gun -- Like a river at flood -- To scold an earthquake -- Reeked with patriotism -- A mending of their troubles -- The lid is kept screwed down -- When the man-world is mad for war -- History will count you right
Control code
1686047
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
x, 387 pages
Isbn
9780393292084
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2016046272
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) 1686047
  • (OCoLC)966274020

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