March 1917, Will Englund
March 1917, Will Englund
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March 1917
On the Brink of War and Revolution

Author: Will Englund

Narrator: Julian Elfer

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/07/2017

Synopsis

"We are provincials no longer," said Woodrow Wilson on March 5, 1917, at his second inaugural. He spoke on the eve of America's entrance into World War I, as Russia teetered between autocracy and democracy. Just ten days after Wilson's declaration, Tsar Nicholas II abdicated the throne, ending a three-centuries-long dynasty and ushering in the false dawn of a democratic Russia. Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany a few short weeks later, asserting the United States' new role as a global power and its commitment to spreading American ideals abroad. Will Englund draws on a wealth of contemporary diaries, memoirs, and newspaper accounts to furnish texture and personal detail to the story of that month. March 1917 celebrates the dreams of warriors, pacifists, revolutionaries, and reactionaries, even as it demonstrates how their successes and failures constitute the origin story of the complex world we inhabit a century later.

About Will Englund

Will Englund is a Pulitzer, Polk, and Overseas Press Club Award-winning journalist, a recent Moscow correspondent for the Washington Post, and has spent a total of twelve years reporting from Russia. He now lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amy on May 15, 2018

I love it when you're writing a book that takes place in March 1917 and you find a book called March 1917 that is all about everything that happened in March 1917. Great book, important moment in history, and endlessly useful.......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on May 17, 2018

I gave this book 3 stars because even though it was a major disappointment in many ways, it was very readable and there were many interesting little anecdotes throughout. It was not what the cover said it was. I expected an analysis of the revolutionary events of 1917 but what I got was simply a nar......more

Goodreads review by LAPL on October 31, 2017

March 1917: On the Brink of War and Revolution by Will Englund examines international social and political conflicts leading up to the titular date. Englund, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist at the Washington Post, surveys how a cast of historical figures traversed through the upheaval leading up......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 20, 2021

I initially wanted to read this book out of an interest in the Russian Revolution, but, while that definitely comes up, this work is more U.S. focused, discussing how America came to join the First World War and the role of the Russian Revolution in changing how Americans viewed the conflict. The st......more

Goodreads review by Jim on May 05, 2017

This book had interesting sections, but jumped around a lot and was not an easy read.......more

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