Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- New York, NY : Basic Books, [1999]
©1999 - Locale
- Great Britain
- Contents
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ch. 1. Myths of militarism
ch. 2. Empires, ententes and Edwardian appeasement
ch. 3. Britain's war of illusions
ch. 4. Arms and men
ch. 5. Public finance and national security
ch. 6. Last days of mankind: 28 June - 4 August 1914
ch. 7. August days: the myth of war enthusiasm
ch. 8. Press gang
ch. 9. Economic capability: the advantage squandered
ch. 10. Strategy, tactics and the net body count
ch. 11. 'Maximum slaughter at minimum expense': war finance
ch. 12. Death instinct: why men fought
ch. 13. Captor's dilemma
ch. 14. How (not) to pay for the war. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-541) and index.
ch. 1. Myths of militarism -- ch. 2. Empires, ententes and Edwardian appeasement -- ch. 3. Britain's war of illusions -- ch. 4. Arms and men -- ch. 5. Public finance and national security -- ch. 6. Last days of mankind: 28 June - 4 August 1914 -- ch. 7. August days: the myth of war enthusiasm -- ch. 8. Press gang -- ch. 9. Economic capability: the advantage squandered -- ch. 10. Strategy, tactics and the net body count -- ch. 11. 'Maximum slaughter at minimum expense': war finance -- ch. 12. Death instinct: why men fought -- ch. 13. Captor's dilemma -- ch. 14. How (not) to pay for the war.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 0465057128
9780465057122
046505711X
9780465057115 - Physical Description
- xliii, 563 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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