About the lecture

In this module, we think about how the First World War came to an end, focusing in particular on the entry of the Americans into the war, the military defeat of the Germans, and the negotiations between the Americans, the Allies, and the Central Powers.

About the lecturer

David Stevenson is the Stevenson Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. His main fields of interest lie in international relations in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the origins, course, and impact of the First World War. His publications include With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 (2011), 1914-1918: the History of the First World War (2004), Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe, 1904-1914 (1996), The First World War and International Politics (Oxford University Press, 1988), and his most recent book, 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution (2017).