{"product_id":"9781804297674","title":"Perry Anderson - Disputing Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Perry Anderson. Themes include History, Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts, World War I, Historiography, World.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA group portrait of six of the finest historians of the First World War\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eDisputing Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e, Perry Anderson picks out from the highly charged historiography on the First World War one leading historian from each of the major powers that survived the conflagration: Fritz Fischer, famous historian of German war guilt; Pierre Renouvin, a disabled serviceman and preeminent authority on the conflict in France; Luigi Albertini, the Italian newspaper tycoon who, unique among scholars of the Great War, played a part in pitching his country into it; Paul W. Schroeder, the American expert on the system of Europe - an interstate relations and its breakdown in 1914; Keith Wilson, the one radical deviant from a patriotic consensus about Britain’s role in the outbreak of the fighting; and, from Australia (summoned into the war as a dominion), Christopher Clark, acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sleepwalkers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDisputing Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling analysis of the major competing versions of the genesis of the Great War; fresh light on the political background of its leading historians; and a novel synthesis of the determining pressures that brought the conflict to pass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerry Anderson is emeritus in History at Ucla, and an editor at \u003ci\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/i\u003e. Recent work: \u003ci\u003eDifferent Speeds, Same Furies\u003c\/i\u003e, a comparative study of Anthony Powell and Marcel Proust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58105527533942,"sku":null,"price":12.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781804297674.jpg?v=1781700312","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781804297674","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}