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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- Summary
- "We are provincials no longer," declared Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inauguration. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance into World War I, just as Russia teetered between autocracy and democracy. In the face of turmoil in Europe, Wilson was determined to move America away from the isolationism that had defined the nation's foreign policy and to embrace an active role in shaping world affairs. Just ten days later, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne, ending a three-centuries-long dynasty and plunging his country into a new era of uncertainty, ultimately paving the way for the creation of a Soviet empire. Within a few short weeks, at Wilson's urging, Congress voted to declare war on Germany, asserting the United States' new role as a global power and its commitment to spreading American ideals abroad. Yet at home it remained a Jim Crow nation, and African Americans had their own struggle to pursue. American women were agitating for the vote and a greater role in society, and labor strife was rampant. As a consequence of the war that followed, the United States and Russia were to endure a century of wariness and hostility that flickers and flares to this day. This book reexamines these tumultuous events and their consequences in a compelling new analysis. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary Russian and American diaries, memoirs, oral histories, and newspaper accounts, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Will Englund examines the dreams of that year's warriors, pacifists, activists, revolutionaries, and reactionaries, and creates a highly detailed and textured account of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations.--From book jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- "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
- Label
- 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
- Title variation
- March nineteen seventeen
- Subject
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- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
- World War, 1914-1918
- Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
- Nineteen seventeen, A.D
- History
- Nineteen seventeen, A.D
- HISTORY / Europe
- Europe
- Soviet Union
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
- United States
- 1871-1921
- World War, 1914-1918. -- United States
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- Europe -- History -- 1871-1918
- World War (1914-1918)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "We are provincials no longer," declared Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inauguration. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance into World War I, just as Russia teetered between autocracy and democracy. In the face of turmoil in Europe, Wilson was determined to move America away from the isolationism that had defined the nation's foreign policy and to embrace an active role in shaping world affairs. Just ten days later, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne, ending a three-centuries-long dynasty and plunging his country into a new era of uncertainty, ultimately paving the way for the creation of a Soviet empire. Within a few short weeks, at Wilson's urging, Congress voted to declare war on Germany, asserting the United States' new role as a global power and its commitment to spreading American ideals abroad. Yet at home it remained a Jim Crow nation, and African Americans had their own struggle to pursue. American women were agitating for the vote and a greater role in society, and labor strife was rampant. As a consequence of the war that followed, the United States and Russia were to endure a century of wariness and hostility that flickers and flares to this day. This book reexamines these tumultuous events and their consequences in a compelling new analysis. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary Russian and American diaries, memoirs, oral histories, and newspaper accounts, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Will Englund examines the dreams of that year's warriors, pacifists, activists, revolutionaries, and reactionaries, and creates a highly detailed and textured account of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations.--From book jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Englund, Will
- Dewey number
- 940.3/1
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D521
- LC item number
- .E64 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
- World War (1914-1918)
- 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
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Soviet Union
- Europe
- Nineteen seventeen, A.D
- Europe
- Soviet Union
- United States
- Label
- March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution, Will Englund
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-364) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- 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
- ocn966274020
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393292084
- Lccn
- 2016046272
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780393292084
- (OCoLC)966274020
- Label
- March 1917 : on the brink of war and revolution, Will Englund
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [331]-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
- ocn966274020
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 387 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393292084
- Lccn
- 2016046272
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780393292084
- (OCoLC)966274020
Subject
- 1871-1921
- Europe
- Europe -- History -- 1871-1918
- HISTORY / Europe
- HISTORY / Military / World War I
- HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century
- History
- Nineteen seventeen, A.D
- Nineteen seventeen, A.D
- Revolution (Soviet Union : 1917-1921)
- Soviet Union
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
- United States
- World War (1914-1918)
- World War, 1914-1918
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
- World War, 1914-1918. -- United States
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