The road less traveled : the secret battle to end the Great...

The road less traveled: the secret battle to end the Great War, 1916-1917

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Zelikow, Philip, 1954-

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2021

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First edition

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English

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940.3 ZEL

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2021	First edition	PublicAffairs	334 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm	On Shelf Mellen Adult Nonfiction 940.3 ZEL	More Info Place Hold

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This revealing historical examination looks at the pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War, when all sides—Germany, Britain, and America—believed the war could have been concluded and changed the course of history.? 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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"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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France -- Foreign relations -- 1914-1940
Germany -- Foreign relations -- 1888-1918
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1901-1936
Peace movements -- Europe -- History -- 20th century
Peace-building -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1913-1921
World War, 1914-1918 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945 -- Peace

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The road less traveled : the secret battle to end the Great War, 1916-1917

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The road less traveled : the secret battle to end the Great War, 1916-1917 / Philip Zelikow

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The road less traveled

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the secret battle to end the Great War, 1916-1917

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Diplomatic history
Foreign relations
History
Peace
Peace movements
Peace-building
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945

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