The Deluge
The Great War, America and the Remaking of the Global Order, 1916-1931
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · December 1, 2015
A searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath—from the prizewinning economist and author of Shutdown, Crashed and The Wages of Destruction Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History Finalist for the Kirkus Prize - Nonfiction In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle.
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- Who it’s for
- A layered account of how the Great War reshaped the global order.
- Genres
- World War I History, Economic History, 20th-Century History
- Published
- Penguin Publishing Group, December 1, 2015
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A searing and highly original analysis of the First World War and its anguished aftermath—from the prizewinning economist and author of Shutdown, Crashed and The Wages of Destruction Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize - History Finalist for the Kirkus Prize - Nonfiction In the depths of the Great War, with millions dead and no imaginable end to the conflict, societies around the world began to buckle. The heart of the financial system shifted from London to New York.
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The infinite demands for men and matériel reached into countries far from the front. The strain of the war ravaged all economic and political assumptions, bringing unheard-of changes in the social and industrialorder. A century after the outbreak of fighting, Adam Tooze revisits this seismic moment in history, challenging the existing narrative of the war, its peace, and its aftereffects. From the day the United States enters the war in 1917 to the precipice of global financial ruin, Tooze delineates the world remade by American economic and military power. Tracing the ways in which countries came to terms with America’s centrality—including the slide into fascism—The Deluge is a chilling work of great originality that will fundamentally change how we view the legacy of World War I.
Aftershocks and Order
A layered account of how the Great War reshaped the global order.
Come here for
- big-system history, tightly argued
- war, diplomacy, and the reordering of power
Expect
- patient, expansive synthesis
- a sustained narrative read
Where it sits
| World War I History | 100% |
|---|---|
| Economic History | 70% |
| 20th-Century History | 22% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- World War I History
- 20th-Century History
- European Politics
- Authors
- Adam Tooze
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- December 1, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- World War I History