The Pity of War

  • The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
    The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
    By Niall Ferguson

    For anyone wanting to understand why wars are fought, why men are willing to fight them and why the world is as it is today, there is no sharper or more stimulating guide than Niall Ferguson's The Pity of War.

  • The Pity of War
    The Pity of War
    By Niall Ferguson

    More than any other event, it made the twentieth century. In this boldly conceived book and provocative, aimed to appeal not only to students but also to the general reader, Niall Ferguson explodes many of the myths surrounding the war.

  • The Pity of War
    The Pity of War
    By Niall Ferguson

    "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...

  • The Pity of War: Poems of the First World War
    The Pity of War: Poems of the First World War
    By Jill Balcon

    Published to coincide with the unveiling of a memorial to poets of World War I in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey in 1985, this is an anthology featuring the work of...

  • The Pity of War: England and Germany, Bitter Friends, Beloved Foes
    The Pity of War: England and Germany, Bitter Friends, Beloved Foes
    By Miranda Seymour

    Miranda Seymour tells the remarkable story of England's centuries of profound connection and rivalry with Germany.

  • The Pity of War
    By Wilfred Owen

    The best known of the 'War poets' of World War I, Owen died a week before the armistice. His powerful verse expresses the intensity of the suffering on the Western front.

  • The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
    The Pity of War: Explaining World War I
    By Niall Ferguson

    For anyone wanting to understand why wars are fought, why men are willing to fight them and why the world is as it is today, there is no sharper or more stimulating guide than Niall Ferguson's The Pity of War.