The Pity of War by Niall Ferguson     940.3/FER

Niall Ferguson, the economic historian brings his considerable skills to bear in this book about the causes and consequences of the war. In my view, not since A.J.P Taylor produced his “Struggle for Mastery in Europe” has a writer tackled the complexities of the pre-war era so well. Ferguson looks at the whole gamut of social, political and economic causes of war and at the failure of governments and nations to withdraw from the brink.

Review by Michael