The Pity of War
Publication details: London; Penguin Books; 1999Description: 623 Pages; PaperbackISBN:- 9780140275230
- 940.31
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 | Karachi History | 940.31 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Withdrawn Not For Loan | Book Bazaar | PKLC020027 |
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.
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