War Land on the Eastern Front

Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

Cambridge University Press

Touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe with a ghastly cost. After this first "total war" - the first conflict involving entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, devoting all their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price - the world itself would never be the same. These 36 riveting half-hour lectures cut through the tangle of historical data to uncover the patterns that make sense of complex events. Whereas most World War I narratives focus on the Western Front in France and Flanders, with its mazelike trenches, gas attacks, constant shelling, assaults "over the top" into withering machine gun fire, and duels of dog-fighting aviators in the sky, Professor Liulevicius also devotes great attention to other important arenas, including the Eastern Front, the Southern Fronts, the War at Sea, the Arab Revolt, the Communist Revolution, the Armenian Massacre, the Spanish Influenza, and more. Professor Liulevicius combines chronological and thematic approaches for a sweeping survey of World War I's many dimensions. He explores themes such as the surprising eagerness of all parties to plunge into mutual slaughter, the unexpected endurance of societies undergoing total war, the radically different hopes and hatreds that the war evoked, with remarkable contrasts between western and eastern Europe, the meanings that the different sides ascribed to the war, and the role of various ideologies in the war's course and conduct.

World War I: The "Great War"

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Military

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Touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe with a ghastly cost. After this first "total war" - the first conflict involving entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, devoting all their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price - the world itself would never be the same. These 36 riveting half-hour lectures cut through the tangle of historical data to uncover the patterns that make sense of complex events. Whereas most World War I narratives focus on the Western Front in France and Flanders, with its mazelike trenches, gas attacks, constant shelling, assaults "over the top" into withering machine gun fire, and duels of dog-fighting aviators in the sky, Professor Liulevicius also devotes great attention to other important arenas, including the Eastern Front, the Southern Fronts, the War at Sea, the Arab Revolt, the Communist Revolution, the Armenian Massacre, the Spanish Influenza, and more. Professor Liulevicius combines chronological and thematic approaches for a sweeping survey of World War I's many dimensions. He explores themes such as the surprising eagerness of all parties to plunge into mutual slaughter, the unexpected endurance of societies undergoing total war, the radically different hopes and hatreds that the war evoked, with remarkable contrasts between western and eastern Europe, the meanings that the different sides ascribed to the war, and the role of various ideologies in the war's course and conduct.

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From August 1914 to November 1918, an unprecedented catastrophe gripped the world that continues to this time. It was the first conflict in which entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, investing their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price. These three books cover this conflict and the aftermath.

World War I: The "Great War" Part 1 of 3, The Great Courses, Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebook Only

(36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture) 
Course No. 8820

War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000 (The Great Courses, Modern History) (Volumes (1-3))

Set includes three Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebooks, and three cases holding a total of 18 CD-ROMs with 36 individual lectures of 30 minutes each. The course is taught by Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, Associate Professor of History at the University of Tennessee.

War Peace and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000 (The Great Courses, Modern History)

War, Peace, and Power Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500¿2000

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Hidden deep within the daily workings of governments and civilizations is a secret world of mystery, danger, and intrigue. A world where deception is a form of art. Where people are never who they say they are. Where the tiniest observation has the power to save an empire or spark a global war. Welcome to the world of the spy-a world that most of us associate with popular fiction and film but the true story of which is more fascinating, surprising, and important than you could possibly imagine. For thousands of years, espionage and covert operations have been powerful but shadowy forces. Much of world history has been shaped by the dramatic exploits of men, women, and organizations devoted to the perilous tasks and undercover missions that are part of a spy's life. Consider that covert operations have played critical roles in •epic conflicts such as the Trojan War, the Crusades, World War II, and the War on Terror; •political upheavals such as the American, French, and Russian revolutions; and even •cultural moments such as the quest to colonize the New World, the 19th-century expansion of empires, and •race to build the world's first atomic bomb. Indeed, to truly comprehend the forces at work in international politics, whether at the dawn of civilization or among today's sophisticated world powers, one must understand the secret role of espionage and the shadowy world of covert operations. Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History is your chance to take a detailed and unforgettable tour of the millennia-long history and enduring legacy of this top-secret subject. Delivered by master historian and popular Great Courses Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, these 24 thrilling lectures survey how world powers have attempted to work in the shadows to gain secret information or subvert enemies behind the scenes. Filled with stories that are both marvelous and mysterious, and insights that will change the way you think.

Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History

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Turning Points in Modern History

This course shows how the decisive turning points of the last 500 years have, in fact, combined to create the world as it is today. As we zero in on the 24 most important turning points of modern history, the course presents an astonishing and memorable cast of characters: The Great Voyages of Admiral Zheng He, The Fall of Constantinople, Gutenberg's Print Revolution, The Columbian Exchange, The British East India Company, The Treaty of Westphalia, Van Leeuwenhoek's Microscope, Diderot's Englightenment Encyclopedia, The American Experiment, The French Revolution, The British Salvery Abolition Act, The Opium War In China, Darwin and the Origin of Species, Binding Continents, First Woman Voters in New Zealand, The Invention of Motion Pictures, Kitty Hawk and Powered Flight, the Russo-Japanese War, The Discovery of Penicillin, The Dawn of the Atom, Walking on the Moon, China Enters the World Balance, The Fall fo the Berlin Wall, The Rise of Social Media.

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Eastern Europe has long been thought of as the "Other Europe", a region rife with political upheaval, shifting national borders, an astonishing variety of ethnic diversity, and relative isolation from the centers of power in the West. It has also been, and continues to be, pivotal in the course of world events. A History of Eastern Europe offers a sweeping 1,000-year tour with a particular focus on the region's modern history. In 24 insightful lectures, you'll observe waves of migration and invasion, watch empires rise and fall, witness wars and their deadly consequences - and come away with comprehensive knowledge of one of the world's most fascinating places.In examining this region's remarkable diversity and contested borders, you'll better understand the ever-present tension between the connections between East and West and the areas of marked contrast. These disparities were clear as the world globalized and the US and Soviet superpowers jockeyed for spheres of influence - epitomized by the imposition of the Iron Curtain across Europe and the rise of the Berlin Wall. And yet, throughout the 20th century and into current times, the connectedness of Eastern Europe to the rest of the world continues to be demonstrated beyond question. This region has made itself felt across the globe through:The political and cultural reverberations of peace movements and armed conflictsThe crises of huge population migrations and the new expressions of cultural and economic exchange they sparkThe successes and struggles of NATO and the European UnionAnd moreExplore the grand sweep of this epic history, from a series of early invasions to the rise of empires to the collapse of communism and into the new challenges of the 21st century. Meet brilliant poets, writers, artists, and other cultural figures who made an impact on Eastern European history.

A History of Eastern Europe

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War Land on the Eastern Front

World War I: The "Great War"

World War I: The "Great War"

World War I: The "Great War" Part 1 of 3, The Great Courses, Lecture Transcript and Course Guidebook Only

War, Peace, and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000 (The Great Courses, Modern History) (Volumes (1-3))

War Peace and Power: Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500-2000 (The Great Courses, Modern History)

War, Peace, and Power Diplomatic History of Europe, 1500¿2000

Espionage and Covert Operations: A Global History

Turning Points in Modern History

A History of Eastern Europe