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04085aam a22007098i 4500 001 7F0BE802969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210406010037 008 201102s2021 nyuab e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020044440 020 $a 1541750950 020 $a 9781541750951 035 $a (OCoLC)1164489952 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d JAS $d JIM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a D613 $b .Z45 2021 082 00 $a 940.3/12 $2 23 100 1 $a Zelikow, Philip, $d 1954- $e author. 245 14 $a The road less traveled : $b the secret battle to end the Great War, 1916-1917 / $c Philip Zelikow. 246 30 $a Secret battle to end the Great War, 1916-1917 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2103 264 1 $a New York : $b PublicAffairs, $c 2021. 300 $a 334 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides-Germany, Britain, and America-believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had ever known, the warring powers faced a crisis. There were no good military options. Money, men, and supplies were running short on all sides. The German chancellor secretly sought President Woodrow Wilson's mediation to end the war, just as British ministers and France's president also concluded that the time was right. The Road Less Traveled describes how tantalizingly close these far-sighted statesmen came to ending the war, saving millions of lives, and avoiding the total war that dimmed hopes for a better world. Theirs was a secret battle that is only now becoming fully understood, a story of civic courage, awful responsibility, and how some leaders rose to the occasion while others shrank from it or chased other ambitions. "Peace is on the floor waiting to be picked up!" pleaded the German ambassador to the United States. This book explains both the strategies and fumbles of people facing a great crossroads of history. The Road Less Traveled reveals one of the last great mysteries of the Great War: that it simply never should have lasted so long or cost so much"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Peace. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Diplomatic history. 650 0 $a Peace-building $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Peace movements $z Europe $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Germany $x Foreign relations $y 1888-1918. 651 0 $a France $x Foreign relations $y 1914-1940. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Foreign relations $y 1901-1936. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 1913-1921. 650 7 $a Diplomatic history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01905576 650 7 $a Diplomatic relations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 $a Peace. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01055758 650 7 $a Peace-building. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01055902 650 7 $a Peace movements. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01055858 651 7 $a Europe. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01245064 651 7 $a France. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204289 651 7 $a Germany. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210272 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1888-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 12 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409040353.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010021444.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728011221.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20220601010617.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20211102014732.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020011131.0 952 $l TVPD862 $d 20210915150950.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20210807010457.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20210713014039.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20210508010150.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20210430010642.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210408010105.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7F0BE802969D11EBB000DAFF5DECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search