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Contents foreword Sir John Keegan preface and acknowledgments Jay Winter introduction Approaching the History of the Great War: A User’s Guide Jay Winter, Yale University one War Origins Niall Ferguson, Harvard University Paul Kennedy, Yale University two Waging Total War: Learning Curve or Bleeding Curve? Holger Afflerbach, University of Leeds Gary Sheffield, University of Birmingham three The Soldiers’ War: Coercion or Consent? John Horne, Trinity College, Dublin Len Smith, Oberlin College vii xi 1 33 61 91 vi Contents four Ending the Great War: The Peace That Failed? John Milton Cooper, University of Wisconsin at Madison Margaret MacMillan, St. Antony’s College, Oxford five The Great War: Midwife to Modern Memory? Jay Winter, Yale University Robert Wohl, University of California at Los Angeles epilogue Hew Strachan, All Souls College, Oxford notes select bibliography index 123 159 185 199 205 213 ...

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