Table of Contents

1. The Burning of Louvain; 2. The Radicalization of Warfare; 3. The Warriors; 4. German Singularity?; 5. Culture and War; 6. Trench Warfare and its Consequences; 7. War, bodies, and minds; 8. Victory or trauma?; Conclusion; Historiographical Note; Bibliography

About the Author

Alan Kramer is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Modern History and fellow of Trinity College Dublin. He is the co-author of German Atrocities, 1914: A History of Denial.

Reviews

This stimulating, scholarly and shrewd book is as rich in original ideas as it is energetic in its revisionism. Simon Sebag-Montefiore, New York Times Review of Books [Kramer's] material is as fascinating as it is depressing. Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs A sobering book with a bleak message, but one that needs to be heard. Malcolm Brown, BBC History Magazine. d No serious student of the history of the twentieth century can afford to ignore this book. Jay Winter, author of 'Remembering War'