Will Englund

March 1917: On the Brink of War and Revolution (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Fast-paced history . . . full of haunting, unforgettable wartime images. David M. Shribman, Boston Globe

March 1917 is a riveting history of the month that transformed the world's greatest nations as Russia faced revolution and America entered World War I. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary Russian and American diaries, memoirs, oral histories, and newspaper accounts, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Will Englund creates a highly detailed and textured account of America's transformation from an isolationist nation to one that embraced an active role in shaping world affairs while at home Jim Crow still reigned. This fascinating examination considers the dreams of that year's warriors, pacifists, activists, revolutionaries, and reactionariesfrom Czar Nicholas II to Woodrow Wilson, from Theodore Roosevelt to the fiery congresswoman Jeannette Rankinand demonstrates how their successes and failures constitute the origin story of our complex modern world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393292091
• Artikelnr.: 59590753

Autorenporträt

Pulitzer, Polk, and Overseas Press Club Awardwinning journalist Will Englund was a recent Moscow correspondent for The Washington Post and has spent a total of twelve years reporting from Russia. He now lives in Baltimore, Maryland.