内容简介
NiallFerguson'sThePityofWar:1914-1918isaprovocativeandboldly-conceivedhistorythatexplodesmanyofthemythssurroundingtheFirstWorldWar.TheFirstWorldWarkilledaroundeightmillionmenandbledEuropedry.InthisprovocativebookNiallFergusonasks:wasthesacrificeworthit?WasitallreallyaninevitablecataclysmandweretheGermansagenuinethreat?Wasthewar,asisoftenasserted,greetedwithpopularenthusiasm?Whydidmenkeeponfightingwhenconditionsweresowretched?Wasthereinfactadeathwishabroad,drivingsoldierstotheirowndestruction?Thewar,heargues,wasadisaster-butnotforthereasonswethink.Farworsethanatragedy,itwasthegreatesterrorofmodernhistory.
作者简介
NiallFergusonisHerzogProfessorofFinancialHistoryattheSternSchoolofBusiness,NewYorkUniversity,VisitingProfessorofHistory,OxfordUniversityandSeniorResearchFellow,JesusCollege,Oxford.HisotherbooksforPenguinincludeEmpire,TheCashNexus,Colossus,TheWaroftheWorld,VirtualHistory,HighFinancierandCivilization.