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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Figures</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Tables</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Illustrations</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>ix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Acknowledgements</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>x</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Note on the illustrations</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xix</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Myths of Militarism</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>1</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(30)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Empires, Ententes and Edwardian Appeasement</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>31</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(25)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Britain's War of Illusions</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>56</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(26)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Arms and Men</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>82</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(23)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Public Finance and National Security</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>105</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(38)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Last Days of Mankind: 28 June--4 August 1914</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>143</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(31)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The August Days: The Myth of War Enthusiasm</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>174</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(38)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Press Gang</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>212</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(36)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Economic Capability: The Advantage Squandered</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>248</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(34)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Strategy, Tactics and the Net Body Count</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>282</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(36)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>`Maximum Slaughter at Minimum Expense': War Finance</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>318</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(21)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Death Instinct: Why Men Fought</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>339</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(28)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Captor's Dilemma</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>367</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(28)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>How (not) to Pay for the War</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>395</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(38)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Conclusion: Alternatives to Armageddon</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>433</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(30)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Notes</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>463</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(54)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Bibliography</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>517</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(25)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>542</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

xliii, 563 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm

"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?"--Jacket

The pity of war