The pity of war : [explaining World War I] / Niall Ferguson.
Record details
- ISBN: 046505711X
- Physical Description: xliii, 563 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
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General Note: | Subtitle from jacket. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-541) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Target Audience Note: | 1520L Lexile |
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Subject: | World War, 1914-1918. Great Britain > History > 20th century. |
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