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The pity of war

The First World War killed around eight million men and bled Europe dry. In this book the author 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...

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Main Author:	Ferguson, Niall
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London, UK Penguin Books 1998
Subjects:	World war, 1914-1918 Great Britain > History > 20th century
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