The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. In this provocative book Niall Ferguson asks: was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? Was there in fact a death wish abroad, driving soldiers to their own destruction? The war, he argues, was a disaster - but not for the reasons we think. Far worse than a tragedy, it was the greatest error of modern history.
'The most challenging and provocative analysis of the First World War to date' Ian Kershaw
'Must take a permanent place at the top of the War's historiography. It is one of the very few books whose own scale matches that of the events it describes' Alan Clark, Daily Telegraph
'Possibly the most important book to appear in years both on the origins of the First World War ... Ferguson can confidently claim to have inherited A. J. P. Taylor's mantle' Paul Kennedy, New York Review of Books
'At one massive stroke, Niall Ferguson has transformed the intellectual landscape' Economist
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The controversial revisionist history of World War I that made Ferguson's nameThe controversial revisionist history of World War I that made Niall Ferguson's nameThe First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. More than any other event, it made the twentieth century. In this boldly conceived book and provocative, aimed to appeal not only to students but also to the general reader, Niall Ferguson explodes many of the myths surrounding the war.Niall Ferguson is Herzog Professor of Financial History at the Stern School of Business, New York University, Visiting Professor of History, Oxford University and Senior Research Fellow, Jesus College, Oxford. His other books for Penguin include Empire, The Cash Nexus, Colossus, The War of the World, Virtual History, High Financier and Civilization. The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? This title deals with questions. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780140275230
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? This title deals with questions. Num Pages: 672 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516. . 2009. paperback. . . . . Codice articolo 9780140275230
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. Was the sacrifice worth it? Was it all really an inevitable cataclysm and were the Germans a genuine threat? Was the war, as is often asserted, greeted with popular enthusiasm? Why did men keep on fighting when conditions were so wretched? This title deals with questions. Num Pages: 672 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJD; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 130 x 33. Weight in Grams: 516. . 2009. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Codice articolo 9780140275230
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