Contents
Foreword - Sir John Keegan
Preface and Acknowledgments - Jay Winter
Introduction: Approaching the History of the Great War: A User’s Guide - Jay Winter
One: War Origins - Niall Ferguson, Paul Kennedy
Two: Waging Total War: Learning Curve or Bleeding Curve? - Holger Afflerbach, Gary Sheffield
Three: The Soldiers’ War: Coercion or Consent? - John Horne, Len Smith
Four: Ending the Great War: The Peace That Failed? - John Milton Cooper, Margaret MacMillan
Five: The Great War: Midwife to Modern Memory? - Jay Winter, Robert Wohl
Epilogue - Hew Strachan, All Souls College, Oxford
Notes
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Index