The Pity of War
- ISBN-10
- 0140275231
- ISBN-13
- 9780140275230
- Series
- The Pity of War
- Pages
- 623
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Author
- Niall Ferguson
Description
"The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. In this provocative book Niall Ferguson asks: was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? Was there in fact a death wish abroad, driving soldiers to their own destruction? The war, he argues, was a disaster - but not for the reasons we think. Far worse than a tragedy, it was the greatest error of modern history."--Publisher description.
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- 2014
- 502 pages
- Paperback
- Rowman & Littlefield Pub Incorporated