Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917-1924 Literature of a turning point for

of a turning point for civilization that still resonates loudly today

and seeks to reconstitute our understanding of this war as a truly global struggle between competing empires

and growing evidence of an unimaginably audacious heist

giving millions of Australians their first experience of international travel

Using the words of the veterans themselves

Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917-1924 Literature of a turning point forDescription By Charles Emmerson Hardcover The gripping story of the years that ended the Great War and launched Europe and America onto the roller coaster of the twentieth century, Crucible is filled with all too human tales of exuberant dreams, dark fears, and the absurdities of chance In Petrograd, a fire is lit. The Tsar is packed off to Siberia. A rancorous Russian exile returns to proclaim a workers' revolution. In America, black soldiers who