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To end all wars [electronic resource] : a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914-1918 / Adam Hochschild.

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780547549217 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0547549210 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xx, 448 p., [16] p. of plates) ; maps
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-426) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.