1917 : Lenin, Wilson, and the birth of the new world disorder / Arthur Herman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herman, Arthur, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Influence.

Wilson, Woodrow.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924--Influence.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich.

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.

Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924.

World War, 1914-1918--Influence.

World War, 1914-1918.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Influence.

Soviet Union.

History.

United States--Foreign relations--1913-1921.

United States.

International relations.

Nineteen seventeen, A.D.

Diplomatic relations.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics.

Local Subjects:

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.

HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 480 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Nineteen-seventeen : Lenin, Wilson, and the birth of the new world disorder

Lenin, Wilson, and the birth of the new world disorder

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Summary:

Chronicles the intertwined stories of Woodrow Wilson and Vladimir Lenin, revealing how their crucial decisions changed world politics and spread disruptive ideologies that continue to influence the modern world. --Publisher.

"How did two men move the world away from wars for land and treasure to wars over ideas and ideologies--a change that would go on to kill millions? In April 1917, Woodrow Wilson--champion of American democracy but also of segregation, advocate for free trade and a new world order based on freedom and justice--thrust the United States into the First World War in order to make the 'world safe for democracy'--only to see his dreams for a liberal international system dissolve into chaos, bloodshed, and betrayal. That October Vladimir Lenin--communist revolutionary and advocate for class war and 'dictatorship of the proletariat'--would overthrow Russia's earlier democratic revolution that had toppled the powerful czar, all in the name of liberating humanity--and instead would set up the most repressive totalitarian regime in history, the Soviet Union. In this incisive, fast-paced history, ... bestselling author Arthur Herman brilliantly reveals how Lenin and Wilson rewrote the rules of modern geopolitics. Prior to and through the end of World War I, countries marched into war only to advance or protect their national interests. After World War I, countries began going to war over ideas. Together Lenin and Wilson unleashed the disruptive ideologies that would sweep the world, from nationalism and globalism to Communism and terrorism, and that continue to shape our world today. Our new world disorder is the legacy left by Wilson and Lenin, and their visions of the perfectibility of man. One hundred years later, we still sit on the powder keg they first set the detonator to, through war and revolution."--Dust jacket flap.

Contents:

Prologue: A world on fire

The German note

Russia and America confront a world war

Tommy and Volodya

Neutrality at bay

Break point

President Wilson goes to war, Lenin goes to the Finland Station

Ruptures, mutinies, and convoys

Mr. Wilson's war

Summer of discontent

American leviathan

Russia on the brink

Hinge of fates

1918: war and peace and war again

1919: grand illusions

Last act.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-450) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Herman, Arthur, 1956- 1917

ISBN:

9780062570888

0062570889

OCLC:

972551429