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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Niall Ferguson |
| ISBN: | 0465057128 9780465057122 046505711X 9780465057115 |
| OCLC Number: | 41124439 |
| Description: | xliii, 563 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Niall Ferguson. |
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