Book contents
- On a Knife Edge
- Cambridge Military Histories
- On a Knife Edge
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Hubris
- Part II Climax: At the Apex of War
- Part III Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order
- 14 Military Developments in the First Half of 1917
- 15 The First Russian Revolution and the Opportunity for a Peace Agreement with the Russian Democracy
- 16 ‘War Psychosis’? The Reichstag’s Peace Offer and Bethmann Hollweg’s Demission
- 17 ‘The Unmasking of the Central Powers’?
- 18 ‘Glorious, but Hopeless’: Germany’s Position at the Turn of the Year 1917/18
- 19 ‘Ludendorff’s Hammer’: The Western Offensive of 1918
- 20 ‘Now the War Was Lost’: The Military Collapse of the Central Powers
- 21 ‘Savage in Victory, Contemptuous in Defeat’: Germany’s Route out of the War
- The Final Reckoning: A Terrible Debt that Must Be Paid
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index: People
- Index: Places
15 - The First Russian Revolution and the Opportunity for a Peace Agreement with the Russian Democracy
from Part III - Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2022
Book contents
- On a Knife Edge
- Cambridge Military Histories
- On a Knife Edge
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Hubris
- Part II Climax: At the Apex of War
- Part III Nemesis: The Defeat of the Central Powers and the Destruction of the European Order
- 14 Military Developments in the First Half of 1917
- 15 The First Russian Revolution and the Opportunity for a Peace Agreement with the Russian Democracy
- 16 ‘War Psychosis’? The Reichstag’s Peace Offer and Bethmann Hollweg’s Demission
- 17 ‘The Unmasking of the Central Powers’?
- 18 ‘Glorious, but Hopeless’: Germany’s Position at the Turn of the Year 1917/18
- 19 ‘Ludendorff’s Hammer’: The Western Offensive of 1918
- 20 ‘Now the War Was Lost’: The Military Collapse of the Central Powers
- 21 ‘Savage in Victory, Contemptuous in Defeat’: Germany’s Route out of the War
- The Final Reckoning: A Terrible Debt that Must Be Paid
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index: People
- Index: Places
Summary
The chapter deals with German politics in 1917 and the effects of the first Russian revolution in 1917, offering chances for peace in the east.
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- On a Knife EdgeHow Germany Lost the First World War, pp. 272 - 282Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022