28 World War And Revolution 1914–1929

> In what ways did the First World War represent a fundamental turning point in world history? Chapter 28 examines the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the decade that followed these cataclysmic events. The First World War was long, global, indecisive, and tremendously destructive. All of the major combatant nations were traumatized and transformed by the war. In Russia, military defeat once again led to social and political unrest. This time, however, the tsarist regime did not survive and was replaced by history’s first Communist state. When the war was finally over, the victorious Allies, led by Britain, France, and the United States, met in Paris to plan the peace to come. In the end, few left Paris satisfied with the results. The peace and prosperity the delegates sought lasted barely a decade.