The road less traveled: the secret battle to end the Great War, 1916-1917
"During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides--Germany, Britain, and America--believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the w...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides--Germany, Britain, and America--believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's president also concluded that the time was right. The Road Less Traveled describes how tantalizingly close these far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world. Theirs was a secret battle that is only now becoming fully understood, a story of civic courage, awful responsibility, and how some leaders rose to the occasion while others shrank from it or chased other ambitions. "Peace is on the floor waiting to be picked up!" pleaded the German ambassador to the United States. This book explains both the strategies and fumbles of people facing a great crossroads of history. The Road Less Traveled reveals one of the last great mysteries of the Great War: that it simply never should have lasted so long or cost so much"-- |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Two Roads Diverged l CHAPTER 1 Wilson Makes a New Peace Move 17 CHAPTER 2 The British Are Tempted CHAPTER 3 The Germans Secretly Seek a Compromise Peace 81 CHAPTER 4 The British Debate Reaches Breaking Point 107 CHAPTER 5 How to End a Great War CHAPTER 6 “Peace Is on the Floor Waiting to Be Picked Up!” 153 CHAPTER 7 What Is Wilson Trying to Do? CHAPTER 8 Peace Without Victory? 211 CHAPTER 9 Roads Not Taken EPILOGUE 48 137 180 233 And That Has Made AR the Difference ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES 285 INDEX 321 283 261
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Two Roads Diverged l CHAPTER 1 Wilson Makes a New Peace Move 17 CHAPTER 2 The British Are Tempted CHAPTER 3 The Germans Secretly Seek a Compromise Peace 81 CHAPTER 4 The British Debate Reaches Breaking Point 107 CHAPTER 5 How to End a Great War CHAPTER 6 “Peace Is on the Floor Waiting to Be Picked Up!” 153 CHAPTER 7 What Is Wilson Trying to Do? CHAPTER 8 Peace Without Victory? 211 CHAPTER 9 Roads Not Taken EPILOGUE 48 137 180 233 And That Has Made AR the Difference ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES 285 INDEX 321 283 261 |
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