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Myths of the Great War

Myths of the Great War

188/2014 Mark Harrison
working papers,economic history
Studies in Economic History
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1605-9_6

188/2014 Mark Harrison

We review some “myths” of the Great War of 1914 to 1918: that the war broke out inadvertently, that the western front saw needless slaughter, that the Allies used the food weapon to strangle Germany, and that the peace treaty that ended the war caused the rise of Hitler and the still greater war that followed.

Economic History

Studies in Economic History

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1605-9_6