The Pity of War by Ferguson Niall (187 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1753803207. 7/29/2025 3:33:27 PM.

Condition: Very Good. 1753698670. 7/28/2025 10:31:10 AM.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. With 624 pp , ILLUSTRATED, LARGE FORMAT PAPERBACK, NO DUST JACKET, VERY GOOD CONDITION, UNMARKED, NEAR FINE . A BRILLIANT STUDY.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp XLV, 623. 2nd printing. An unread book.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Hardback. Condition: Good copy in like dust jacket. First Edition. Hardback. xlv, 623ppp. First edition. Two small selections of black and white plates. Generally clean, tight and square but the dust jacket has been permanently enclosed in plastic and this attaches the jacket to the book. Though neatly done this plastic has been on for a while and has a small number of tiny nicks and scuffs. Good copy in like dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition; "First Published 1998" followed by number sequence ending in "1" apparent. ; 9.13 X 6.38 X 2.36 inches; 672 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Illus., maps, index; xlv+625pp. orig. cloth, From the collection of Dr Vivien Noakes [1937-2011] who was a leading authority on both Edward Lear and the First World War.

Hardcover with dustjacket. Condition: Gut. 563 S.; Ill. Good. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1120.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 8vo, xliii, 563 pp, illus.

563 p 20 cm Encuadernación editorial en rústica. Estado de conservación: Como nuevo. .

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 623 pp Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. 1 vol.; XLVI-624 p.-pl. : ill. ; 24 cm Pleine reliure toile noire; dos long, titre à lettres dorées; jacquette amovible; intérieur frais; bon état; 8C2 1g.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, Third Printing. Not price-clipped ($30.00 price intact). Published by Basic Books, 1999. Octavo. Black over black boards stamped in silver. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and a small tear to spine. 563 pages. ISBN: 046505711X. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.

reprint stiff wrappers As New small octavo xlv + 624pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, 'Turns upside down almost every preconception we have about the Great War.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition third printing. Book is in Very Good condition, with minimal handling and light shelf wear, binding is tight, corners are sharp, interior is clean, text is free of markings. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.

1st ed. thus stiff wrappers As New small octavo xlv + 624pp., b/w plates, bibliog., index, 'Turns upside down almost every preconception we have about the Great War.

Allen Lane / The Penguin Press, London 1998. Publishers boards with dustjacket. 624 pages. Illustrated. Nice copy in fine condition.

563 pp, 9 1/2" H, hard cover in dust jacket. B&w photographs, tables, graphs. "More than four million Americans were mobilized in 1917-18, of whom more than 100,000 were killed - double the number who died in Vietnam. This was the first, bloody step on the road to globalism which would characterize our foreign policy for the rest of the twentieth century. Even American literature was transformed by the impact of the war on writers like Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Internationally, more than any other event, the First World War made the twentieth century what it was: It toppled the four great empires of the Old World and left a fifth - the British - mortgaged to the hilt. More than nine million men lost their lives, yet none of its stated objectives were met. Rather, it spawned seven decades of Communist rule in Russia, the rise of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, and the horror of the Holocaust. Now, as the century draws to a close, the time is right for a radical reassessment of the 'Great War'. In (this book, the author) explodes the myths of 1914-18. He argues that the fatal conflict between Britain and Germany was far from inevitable. It was Britain's declaration of war that needlessly turned a continental conflict into a world war, and it was Britain's economic mismanagement and military inferiority that necessitated American involvement, forever altering the global balance of power. Ferguson vividly brings back to life one of the seminal catastrophes of the century, not through a dry citation of chronological chapter and verse, but through a series of brilliant chapters that answer the key questions: Why did the war start? Why did it continue? And why did it stop? How did the Germans manage to kill more soldiers than they lost but still end up defeated in November 1918? Above all, why did men fight?" Minor rubbing, tiny bump at top of front hinge. Dust jacket has one tiny edge tear and minor browning on spine. Very Good +/Very Good+.

Condition: Fine. New York 1999 first edition. Basic Books. Thick large octavo. Black cover. 563p. Photo illus. As NEW. Fine in Fine dj. no owner marks.

London, Allen Lane/The Penguin Press, 1998. Large stout 8°. Original cloth, gilded title on spine, dustjacket. (xlv), 623pp. Numerous captioned monochrome illustrations, incl. portraits of belligerent and allied P.O.W., i.a. illustrating signs of shell-shock, battle field photographs, all after authentic material of which a number hitherto unpublished, numerous comparative data in text and full-page, including full-page diagrams, i.a. comparing losses and wounded men from various sectors at the Western and Eastern Front, notes/references to text, bibliography, index, table of contents. Ample detailed english language scholarly history of the First World War or, Great War, 1914-1918, its prelude and aftermath, its devastating effects on the civil population and common soldiers in the field at both sides, strategies, the war in the trenches, air-reconnaisance, military failures, etc. A modern view on a never forgotten world war. Very fine copy, WITH DUSTJACKET.

Condition: Fine. The book is in fine condition.