The Locomotive of War: Money, Empire, Power, and Guilt
An innovative exploration of the origins, impact, and consequences of the First and Second World Wars, from Peter Clarke, one of our foremost historians. War is the locomotive of history, claimed Trotsky, a remark often thought to acknowledge the opportunity that the First World War offered the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia 1917. Here, Peter Clarke broadens the application of this provocative suggestion in order to explore how war, as much as socioeconomic forces or individuals, is the primary mover of history. Twentieth-century warfare, based on new technologies and vast armies, saw the locomotive power of war heightened to an unpreced…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62040-660-1
- EAN: 9781620406601
- Produktnummer: 20578861
- Verlag: Bloomsbury
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 432 S.
- Masse: H24.1 cm x B16.1 cm x D4.0 cm 767 g
- Gewicht: 767
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Peter Clarke
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