The Deluge : The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931 (Hardcover)

from benuathanasia

This was picked up - read - put down - picked up - read - put down. Finally, about a month a go, I had to tell myself "No excuses! Ten pages a day minimum!" Very informative, insightful, and surprisingly readable (though very, very dense). It follows an unusual path between chronological and topi...

from K.G.Budge

Maybe you were thinking Noah came into the story somewhere? This is a book on the effort to create a stable new global order following the First World War, and on the role the United States played in the events of this time. It begins more or less with the U.S. intervention in the First World War...

from mrmapcase

This is not a peace. It is an armistice for 20 years.-Ferdinand Foch This is a detailed look at a war that led to another war. Tooze provides a thorough look at the war and the economic conditions that led to WWII. He provides an unbiased look into the Entente Cordiale; France, United Kingdom, Ru...

from Schmerguls

5274. The Deluge The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931, by Adam Tooze (read 12 May 2015) This excellent book covers the years from 1916 to 1931, telling of the economic and diplomatic events and showing that mistakes were made which resulted in much evil for the w...

from rivkat

Tooze retells some of the runup to WWI as well as the consequences of the peace, arguing that many of the things that set the stage for WWII were about responding to the rise of the United States as an unprecedented level of hegemon and the US's simultaneous refusal to acknowledge its role. When ...