{"title":"Jesse Kauffman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJesse Kauffman\u003c\/strong\u003e offers gripping narratives that delve into the complexities of history and military conflict. His writing combines thorough research with vivid storytelling, bringing pivotal moments to life with intensity and nuance. Readers can expect a blend of detailed analysis and compelling accounts that illuminate lesser-known perspectives on war and its human impact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith works like \u003cem\u003eThe Blood-Dimmed Tide\u003c\/em\u003e, Kauffman explores the raw realities of combat and the broader consequences of military actions. His books appeal to those interested in history's profound challenges, providing both clarity and depth in examining the turbulent forces shaping our world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-blood-dimmed-tide-by-jesse-kauffman-9780674972353","title":"The Blood-Dimmed Tide","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn expansive narrative of World War I’s Eastern Front challenges longstanding analytical frameworks, offering a novel and far-reaching explanation for the emergence of new nation-states from the wreckage of Europe’s land empires.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn August 1914, Germany, Austria, and Russia sent millions of soldiers hurtling toward one another across the volatile borderlands of Central Europe. The early battles produced appalling casualties but no decisive triumphs; the Great War’s Eastern Front would remain a cauldron of death and destruction for years. And unlike in western Europe, the killing would not end in 1918. With the collapse of the three empires, the front dissolved into a series of overlapping civil, international, and revolutionary wars that would continue for several years more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe connections among prewar, wartime, and postwar events in Central Europe are so strong, argues Jesse Kauffman, that we should analyse the conflict there in new chronological terms: starting with the Russian Revolution in 1905 and continuing until at least the 1921 Treaty of Riga. In particular, \u003cem\u003eThe Blood-Dimmed Tide\u003c\/em\u003e shows that the emergence of sovereign nation-states in postwar Central Europe was neither the inevitable triumph of long-thwarted national ambitions nor a wholly contingent, unforeseeable outcome of the war. Rather, modern states emerged from a conscious decision taken by all the belligerents to encourage the nationalist aspirations of imperial subjects in their enemies’ territories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIndeed, the repercussions of Central Europe’s long Great War can be felt all the way to today’s conflict in Ukraine. It might be time to retire Eric Hobsbawm’s famous notion of the “short twentieth century”—1914 to 1991—and to consider instead that the twentieth century has not yet drawn to a close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48038507380972,"sku":"9780674972353","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674972353-the-blood-dimmed-tide.jpg?v=1785393273"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jesse-kauffman.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}