The Pity Of War by Niall Ferguson
Explaining World War I
A revisionist analysis of World War I that argues the conflict was not inevitable and that British intervention needlessly transformed a continental struggle into a prolonged global catastrophe. Drawing on economic data, counterfactuals, and cultural sources, it challenges myths about popular enthusiasm, military incompetence, and uniquely German aggression, reassesses soldiers’ morale and the efficiency of mobilization, and shows how finance, propaganda, and miscalculation shaped strategy and outcomes, culminating in imperial decline and the rise of new great powers.
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- Published
- 1998
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 600-640
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - Der falsche Krieg
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