June 28th: Sarajevo 1914-Versailles 1919: The War and Peace that Made the Modern World - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1908323752 ISBN 13 : 9781908323750

Editeur : Haus Publishing, 2014

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On June 28, 1919, the Peace Treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, five years to the day after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggered Europe's precipitous descent into war. This war was the first conflict to be fought on a global scale. By its end in 1918, four empires had collapsed, and their minority populations, which had never before existed as independent entities, were encouraged to seek self-determination and nationhood. Following on from Haus's monumental thirty-two Volume series on the signatories of the Versailles peace treaty, The Makers of the Modern World, "28 ""June" looks in greater depth at the smaller nations that are often ignored in general histories, and in doing so seeks to understand the conflict from a global perspective, asking not only how each of the signatories came to join the conflict but also giving an overview of the long-term consequences of their having done so. Following on from Haus s landmark 32-volume Makers of the Modern World series, this unique volume for the first time studies participation in the war from a truly global perspective. Its collection of 28 essays seeks to explain how each of the countries that signed the first of five Parisian peace treaties at Versailles on 28 June 1919 exactly five years after that fateful day in Sarajevo came to be there, or, the case of Russia and China, why they were not. Some, like the Kingdom of Hejaz, had never been a signatory to a treaty before whilst Poland had seen its nationals fight for three different, opposing armies. Finally it offers an overview of the peace settlements and the post-war world. Contents 1. Introduction by Alan Sharp 2. Serbia, Sarajevo and the Start of Conflict by Dejan Djokic 3. The Dual Monarchy Stumbles into War by Bryan Cartledge 4. The Problem of Germany by Alan Sharp 5. From Steamroller to Empty Chair by Charlotte Alston 6. How France Entered the First World War by David Robin Watson 7. Belgium: the Victim by Sally Marks 8. Britain and the Outbreak of War by Alan Sharp 9. How the Empire Went to War by Antony Lentin 10. The Chance of a Millennium by Jonathan Clements 11. The Ottomans Last War and After by Andrew Mango 12. Neutrality or Intervention? Italy s Long Road to War by Spencer Di Scala 13. Bulgaria Choosing Sides by Alan Sharp 14. Portuguese Intervention by Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses 15. The Hejaz: On the Road to the Arab Rebellion by Robert McNamara 16. Romania Enters the War by Keith Hitchins 17. America s Road to War by T G Fraser 18. Central America, the Caribbean and the First World War by Irene Fattacciu 19. In the Grasp of the United States by Edoardo Braschi 20. Greece and the First World War by Andrew Dalby 21. Why on Earth Was Siam a Participant in the First World War? by Andrew Dalby 22. Labourers in Place of Soldiers by Jonathan Clements 23. The Wavering Road by Edoardo Braschi 24. Why Did Liberia Enter the First World War? by Mariella Hudson 25. From Fighting in Three Armies to the Proclamation of an Independent Poland by Anita Prazmowska 26. The End of the War and Peacemaking 1919 by Alan Sharp 27. The Signature of the Treaty of Versailles by Alan Sharp 28. The Peace Settlement Reviewed by Alan Sharp

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Alan Sharp was professor of international studies, and later provost, at the University of Ulster. Contributors: Dejan Djokic, Charlotte Alston, Edoardo Braschi, Bryan Cartledge, Jonathan Clements, Andrew Dalby, Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses, Spencer di Scala, Irene Fattacciu, TG Fraser, Keith Hitchins, Mariella Hudson, Antony Lentin, Andrew Mango, Sally Marks, Robert McNamara, Anita Prazmowska, David Robin Watson.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Haus Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1908323752
• ISBN 13: 9781908323750
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 412