{"product_id":"the-road-less-traveled-the-secret-turning-point-of-the-great-war-1916-1917","title":"The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Turning Point of the Great War, 1916-1917","description":"This revealing historical examination looks at the pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War, when all sides—Germany, Britain, and America—believed the war could have been concluded and changed the course of history.\n\nTwo 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.\n\nTheirs 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.\n\nThe 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1541750969\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.1541750969.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Zelikow, Philip\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47328678576305,"sku":"RDV.1541750969.VG","price":11.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0544\/8872\/7729\/files\/1541750969-0.jpg?v=1779732277","url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/the-road-less-traveled-the-secret-turning-point-of-the-great-war-1916-1917","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}