The Pity of War: Explaining World War I - Brossura

Ferguson, Niall

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ISBN 10: 0465057128 ISBN 13: 9780465057122

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 2000

Riassunto

Studies the origins, financing, and outcome of World War I, and discusses public support, recruiting and retention of soldiers, treatment of prisoners, and related issues

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Recensione:

"There is much to admire in The Pity of War...Niall Ferguson can confidently claim to have inherited [A.J.P.] Taylor's mantle."―New York Review of Books

"An illuminating synthesis of current knowledge on the war. The reader will find plenty of fresh information and challenging ideas on the conflict's most important aspects."―New York Times Book Review

"The Pity of War is one of the most controversial histories to come along in decades. Niall Ferguson...offers a bold, revisionist account of the Great War." Washington Post―Washington Post

"Niall Ferguson, the enfant terrible of the Oxford history establishment...shatter[s] the display cases of the museum of World War I. Persuasive...affecting."―Boston Globe

"A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking. Ferguson is a talented writer and a versatile scholar."―Atlantic

"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 feeling."―Economist

L'autore:

Niall Ferguson is Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Jesus College, Oxford. He is the author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschilds, and The Pity of War ). He writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement, and lives in Oxford.

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• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0465057128
• ISBN 13: 9780465057122
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 563