{"product_id":"disputing-disaster-by-perry-anderson-9781804298015","title":"Disputing Disaster","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDisputing Disaster\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eThe Sleepwalkers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisputing Disaster\u003c\/em\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePerry Anderson is emeritus in History at UCLA, and an editor at \u003cem\u003eNew Left Review\u003c\/em\u003e. Recent work: \u003cem\u003eDifferent Speeds, Same Furies\u003c\/em\u003e, a comparative study of Anthony Powell and Marcel Proust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48317935845612,"sku":"9781804298015","price":48.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804298015-disputing-disaster-1.jpg?v=1788749818","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/disputing-disaster-by-perry-anderson-9781804298015","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}