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An edition of The Pity of War (1998)

The pity of war

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"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?"--BOOK JACKET.

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Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
563

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Subjects

First World War, World War I, Histoire, Weltkrieg, Guerre mondiale, Rampspoed, Eerste Wereldoorlog, Mythevorming, Causes, History, Bretagne, Grande, History of Great Britain, New York Times reviewed, World War, 1914-1918, War, moral and ethical aspects, World war, 1914-1918, causes

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Great Britain, Grande-Bretagne

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20th century, 20e siècle, 1914-1918
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Pity of War
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The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
March 10, 2000, Basic Books
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The pity of war
1999, Basic Books
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1999, Basic Books
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The pity of war
1999, Penguin Books
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The Pity of War: explaining World War II
1999, Basic Books
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The Pity of War: Explaining World War I (Allen Lane History)
December 1998, Viking Penguin
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Table of Contents

ch. 1.
Myths of militarism -- -- ch. 2.
Empires, ententes and Edwardian appeasement -- -- ch. 3.
Britain's war of illusions -- -- ch. 4.
Arms and men -- -- ch. 5.
Public finance and national security -- -- ch. 6.
Last days of mankind: 28 June - 4 August 1914 -- -- ch. 7.
August days: the myth of war enthusiasm -- -- ch. 8.
Press gang -- -- ch. 9.
Economic capability: the advantage squandered -- -- ch. 10.
Strategy, tactics and the net body count -- -- ch. 11.
'Maximum slaughter at minimum expense': war finance -- -- ch. 12.
Death instinct: why men fought -- -- ch. 13.
Captor's dilemma -- -- ch. 14.
How (not) to pay for the war.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-541) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.3/11
Library of Congress
D511 .F28 1999, D511.F28 1999, D511 b .F28 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xliii, 563 p., [32] p. of plates :
Number of pages
563

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OL24767005M
ISBN 10
0465057128, 046505711X
ISBN 13
9780465057122, 9780465057115
LCCN
99212497
OCLC/WorldCat
41124439, 276450897

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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?

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