The causes of world war i, the effects of britains entry and the alternative paths history could have taken are debated. Ferguson also contends that equivocal british policies in europe and failure to maintain a. The book is not about strategic and tactical military issues, but rather a comment on social and economic considerations p. Other authors commented on how his book challenged the. The pity of war niall ferguson pdf explaining world war i.
As ever with ferguson, he argues with such clarity and such ferocity, and with brilliant use of primary source material, that he arguments jump convincingly from the pages as obvious to. Niall ferguson argues in the pity of war that britains intervention in ww1 turned an act of state sponsored terrorism into a global bloodbath. An embarrassment to humanity in the pity of war, niall ferguson set out to prove that wwi was englands fault. In the pity of war author niall ferguson takes on three primary objectives. According to niall ferguson, england entered into war based on naive assumptions of german aims, thereby transforming a continental conflict into a world war, which it then badly mishandled, necessitating american involvement. Britain, according to ferguson, entered into war based on naive assumptions of german aimsand englands entry into the war transformed a continental conflict into a world war, which they. Lets start with the shocking conclusion of niall fergusons readable and provocative history book. According to niall ferguson, england entered into war based on naive assumptions of german aims, thereby transforming a continental conflict into a world war. World war i, he says after spending 462 pages explaining its origins, calculating its consequences and busting the commonly held myths that it was unavoidable or the result of warcrazed german militarists was not a tragedy. Britain, according to ferguson, entered into war based on naive assumptions of german aimsand englands entry into the war transformed a continental conflict into a world war, which they then badly mishandled.
Our cheap used books come with free delivery in the uk. Max hastings and niall ferguson guide us through the opposing sides of this important and controversial debate in two compelling. As such it is immensely readable, well researched, and controversial. Niall fergusons pity of war performs much the some service for british participation in the first world war, and was, not surprisingly, greeted with nearly equal vitriol. He is the author of paper and iron, the house of rothschild, the pity of war, the cash nexus, empire, colossus, the war of the world, the ascent of money, high financier, civilization. Niall ferguson, author of the pity of war, argues that britain should have stayed aside from the continental war in 1914. Twentiethcentury conflict and the descent of the west the war of the world. The pity of war by niall ferguson 898 words bartleby. Can you summarize niall fergusons views in chapter 14 of the pity of war. Britain, according to ferguson, entered into war based on naive assumptions of german aims.
Niall ferguson asks very good questions about the first world war the ones that nobody else has ever asked. Ferguson sets out to answer ten questions about the war and along the way he demolishes several persistent myths and. The pity of war by niall ferguson 9780465057122 booktopia. Amazon sales, books, europe, reading, shopping, world war one. In the book, niall ferguson discusses the first world war and its effects in ways that are seen as. The rise and fall of the american empire, and, most recently, the war of the world. One of these was that the war was an inevitable result of regnant imperialism and militarism.
Niall ferguson in the pity of war, niall ferguson explodes the myths of 191418. The pity of war is a 1998 nonfictional, historical book written by british historian niall ferguson. The pity of war, with no pretensions to offering a grand narrative of the war, goes over its chosen questions like a polemical tract. Niall ferguson the pity of war pdf download niall ferguson the pity of war pdf. Twentiethcentury conflict and the decline of the west. He tries to explain the origins of wwi, arguing that german paranoia of encirclement, a disparity of domestic financial constraints among european powers, and british miscalculations of germanys longterm interests were among the primary catalysts of the outbreak of war in august 1914. Kick it up a notch with color and let sharpie transform white to bright. The pity of war by niall ferguson, 97807992465, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ferguson argues mainly that the destruction of that war, which claimed the lives of some nine. It was britains declaration of war that needlessly turned a continental conflict into a world war, and it was britains economic mismanagement and military inferiority that necessitated. Really more of an extended analytical essay than a history of the war, ferguson sets out to answer a series of ten questions. The book is certainly not a straightforward narrative history of the war. Read the pity of war pdf explaining world war i by niall ferguson basic books from a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of. From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of world war i the pity of war makes a simple and provocative argument.
Explaining world war i by niall ferguson in chm, djvu, txt download ebook. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Niall ferguson is one of the worlds most renowned historians. Explaining world war i and his efforts to reimagine and analyze the problems of the war. That myth is that great britain had to participate in the war to prevent germany from dominating continental europe, and thereby destroying its role as a great power. The pity of war by niall ferguson overdrive rakuten. He has been accused in this book of coming up with some wrongheaded answers, but i dont think so. Niall ferguson the pity of war free epub, mobi, pdf ebooks download, ebook torrents download. He argues that the fatal conflict between britain and germany was far from inevitable. It was britains declaration of war that needlessly turned a continental conflict into a world war, and it was britains economic mismanagement and military inferiority that necessitated american involvement, forever. Buy the pity of war new ed by ferguson, niall isbn.
Ferguson argues trenchantly that the trend in europe in 1914 was away from militarism and that german feelings of growing military weakness started the war. Niall ferguson, historian and author of the pity of war, colossus. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In the pity of war, niall ferguson makes a simple and provocative argument. In it, ferguson discusses the causes and the consequences of the first world war. The pity of war niall ferguson epub 26 download 99f0b496e7 download free audiobook. The next work of fergusons to attract widespread notice was the pity of war which was an attempt to reevaluate britains role in the first world war. The 20thcentury war of the world ended, ferguson argues, with the conclusion of the korean war in 1953, though as he says, it is absurd for us to. In an interview with bbc history magazine, ferguson said britain could not only have lived with a german victory in the first world war, but it would in fact have been in its interests to stay out in 1914 speaking to the magazines editor, rob attar, ahead of his bbc two documentary the pity of war, ferguson said.
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