ESCP Europe

The war, the author argues, was a disaster - but not for the reasons we think. Far worse than a tragedy, it was the greatest error of modern history. This study of the eminent Niall Ferguson is "an attempt to relate economic and social history history [...] by paying more attention to economic constraints under which the [military] had to labour." This interdisciplinary analysis tackles also the role of the press and the propaganda, the reasons for men to keep on fighting despite the conditions on the battlefield and why the victory did not occur more rapidly considering the military superiority of Germany.