The locomotive of war : money, empire, power and guilt
Clarke, P. F.2017
Book
'War, comrades', declared Trotsky, 'is a great locomotive of history'. He was thought to be acknowledging the opportunity the First World War had offered the Bolsheviks to seize power in Russia in 1917.
Main title:
The locomotive of war : money, empire, power and guilt / Peter Clarke.
Author:
Clarke, P. F., author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Collation:
ix, 418 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408851654 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.082909.821
Language:
English
Subject:
Politics and war -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th centuryGreat Britain -- Social policy -- History -- 20th centuryPolitics and war -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryUnited States -- Social policy -- 20th centuryLloyd George, David, 1863-1945 -- Political and social viewsWilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 -- Political and social viewsKeynes, John Maynard, 1883-1946History, Modern -- 20th century
BRN:
2451983