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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41124439 Title: The pity of war Author: Niall Ferguson; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection Publisher: New York, NY : Basic Books, ©1999. ISBN/ISSN: 0465057128 9780465057122 046505711X 9780465057115 OCLC:41124439

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The pity of war

Author:	Niall Ferguson; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection.
Publisher:	New York, NY : Basic Books, ©1999.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"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 Read more...
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Subjects	World War, 1914-1918. Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Niall Ferguson; Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. Find more information about:
ISBN:	0465057128 9780465057122 046505711X 9780465057115
OCLC Number:	41124439
Description:	xliii, 563 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations ; 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.
More information:	Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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The Pity of War makes one very simple and provocative argument: that the human atrocity known as the First World War was entirely Englands fault, that Englands entry into the war was based on a Read more...

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"Brings for the first time the carnage of 1914-18 into sharp, unmystified focus. This is analytical history at its mordant best. With all its other merits, The Pity of War is also a work of grace and Read more...

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