{"product_id":"9780140275230-the-pity-of-war","title":"The Pity of War","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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 \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eerror\u003c\/i\u003e of modern history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most challenging and provocative analysis of the First World War to date'  Ian Kershaw   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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, \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At one massive stroke, Niall Ferguson has transformed the intellectual landscape'  \u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449672610166,"sku":"9780140275230","price":30.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32415163.jpg?v=1760446403","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140275230-the-pity-of-war","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}