1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder

1917: Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World DisorderDescription by Arthur Herman Paperback In this incisive, fast paced history, New York Times bestselling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Through the end of World War I, countries only marched into war to increase or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would

This story details the incredible cost that some are willing to pay to drink from freedom's fountain

He acquaints us with the thoughts of the intriguing personalities who oversaw the tragically unnecessary catastrophe—from heads of state like Russia's hapless tsar

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logistical and geographical challenges at a time when Europe was still at war

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Critically-acclaimed author David Crane describes how the horror of the slaughter motivated an ambulance commander named Fabian Ware to establish the Commonwealth war cemeteries

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yet as military historian Hew Strachan (winner of the 2016 Pritzker Literature Award) argues in this brilliant and authoritative new book

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