According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a Continental conflict into a world war, which it then badly mishandled, necessitating American involvement. He is an award-making filmmaker, too, having won an international Emmy for his PBS series The Ascent of Money. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a Continental conflict into a world war, which it then badly mishandled, necessitating American involvement. Find The Pity of War (0140275231) by Ferguson, Niall. 4.0 out of 5 stars The Pity of War. This is an example of a page. In the Summer 2001 issue of National Interest, Michael Howard, the doyen of war studies, was decidedly cool to the conclusions in The Pity of War, although not hostile to Ferguson' alternative approach, which he called "a refreshing variant on an otherwise sterile debate." by Ferguson, Niall. 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According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a Continental conflict into a world war, which it then badly mishandled, necessitating American involvement. Siegfried Sassoon lived but could never forget the war, the deaths - and the manner of the deaths he saw. The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. 4.0 out of 5 stars The Pity of War. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Pity of War at Amazon.com. Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2013. England and Germany have been both close allies and bitter enemies over the past two hundred years. Ayesha Jalal draws on Manto's stories, sketches, and essays, as well as a trove of his private letters, to present an intimate history of partition and its devastating toll. 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