The First World War: 1917: The limits of endurance (History Matters, The First World War Book 5)

The fascinating story of 1917 saw Germany’s great gamble at sea propel the USA into the conflict even as Russia left the Allied camp and gave birth to the world’s first communist government.

The two Russian revolutions of 1917, and the Bolsheviks’ attempted putsch in July, are covered in this volume of the History Matters series about the First World War. So too are the Allies’ struggles against the German U-boats, to continue to feed the civilian populations and the effects of the Allied naval blockade on the Central Powers, as well as some heroic deeds on the Western Front, where the Allies appeared to have perfected battle-winning tactics at Arras and Vimy Ridge.

The book is extensively illustrated with 104 black-and-white photographs and 27 colour and black-and-white illustrations and maps.

Contents:
Introduction – 1917 – Mesopotamia – The Arab revolt in the Hejaz – Gaza – The March revolution in Russia – German withdrawal on the Western Front – The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps – The USA joins the Allies – America’s contribution – Spying on the Allies, The Espionage Act – Mata Hari – War at sea, War against the U-boats – Mutiny at Wilhelmshaven – British Home Front, The Women’s Land Army – Arras and Vimy Ridge – Chemins des Dames – War work and industrial unrest in Britain – The Carso offensive – Messines Ridge – The Kerensky Offensive – Greece joins the Allies – The attempted Bolshevik putsch – The Reichstag Peace Resolution – Food riots and the Pope’s peace note – The Western Front, Passchendaele – Caporetto – Palestine – The November revolution in Russia – Disclosure of secret Allied agreements – The Western Front, Cambrai – British losses on the Western Front – The air war, Air raids over Britain – Battles above the trenches – End note

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