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The pity of war, Niall Ferguson

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The pity of war, Niall Ferguson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-541) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The pity of war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

41124439

Responsibility statement

Niall Ferguson

Review

"In The Pity of War, Niall Ferguson explodes the myths of 1914-18. He argues that the fatal conflict between Britain and Germany was far from inevitable. It was Britain's declaration of war that needlessly turned a continental conflict into a world war, and it was Britain's economic mismanagement and military inferiority that necessitated American involvement, forever altering the global balance of power." "Ferguson vividly brings back to life one of the seminal catastrophes of the century, not through a dry citation of chronological chapter and verse, but through a series of chapters that answer the key questions: Why did the war start? Why did it continue? And why did it stop? How did the Germans manage to kill more soldiers than they lost but still end up defeated in November 1918? Above all, why did men fight?"--Jacket

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