Risultati per "economia" in Prima guerra mondiale

La guerra mise fine alla prima globalizzazione: fu davvero una belle époque? Nessuno aveva previsto una guerra tanto lunga e costosa. Quanto costosa? In che modo fu finanziata e con quali effetti nel Dopoguerra? Chi pagò davvero per la guerra? La guerra economica non ebbe vincitori ma solo vinti, perché? Domande alle quali è utile cercare una risposta per capire perché fu necessario attendere il 1951 per avere una vera pace in Europa.

The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) was one of the most important documents to come out of World War I – specifically the period of the Armistice and the subsequent settlement negotiations. And, a century on, it remains of particular relevance to our times – an uncompromising and forthright analysis of how international diplomacy can be suffused by personalities, prejudices, personal ambition and outright, uncontrolled feelings of revenge.

The great Austrian writer Stefan Zweig confided in his autobiography: “I have a pretty thorough knowledge of history, but never, to my recollection, has it produced such madness in such gigantic proportions.” He was referring to Germany in 1923, a “year of lunacy,” defined by hyperinflation, violence, a political system on the verge of collapse, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, and separatist movements threatening to rip apart the German nation. Bestselling author Volker Ullrich presents a riveting chronicle of one of the most difficult years any modern democracy has ever faced.