| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 448 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : maps |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [411]-426) and index. |
| Summary |
World War I stands as one of history's most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In his riveting narrative, Hochschild brings it to life as never before while focusing on the long-ignored moral drama of the war's critics, alongside its generals and heroes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : clash of dreams -- pt. I: Dramatis personae. 1. Brother and sister -- 2. A man of no illusions -- 3. A clergyman's daughter -- 4. Holy warriors -- 5. Boy miner -- 6. On the eve -- pt. II: 1914. 7. A strange light -- 8. As swimmers into cleanness leaping -- 9. The God of Right will watch the fight -- pt. III: 1915. 10. This isn't war -- 11. In the thick of it -- 12. Not this tide -- pt. IV: 1916. 13. We regret nothing -- 14. God, God, where's the rest of the boys? -- 15. Casting away arms -- pt. V: 1917. 16. Between the lion's jaws -- 17. The world is my country -- 18. Drowning on land -- 19. Please don't die -- pt. VI: 1918. 20. Backs to the wall -- 21. There are more dead than living now -- pt. VII: Exeunt omnes. 22. The devil's own hand -- 23. An imaginary cemetery. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Conscientious objectors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Loyalty -- Case studies.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Psychological aspects.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Militarism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Pacifism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hochschild, Adam. To end all wars. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011 9780618758289 (DLC) 2010025836 (OCoLC)646308293 |
| ISBN |
9780547549217 (electronic bk.) |
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0547549210 (electronic bk.) |
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