{"product_id":"disputing-disaster-perry-anderson-9781804297674","title":"Disputing Disaster","description":"In \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Disputing Disaster\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, 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 \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Sleepwalkers\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Disputing Disaster\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; 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.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Perry Anderson is emeritus in History at UCLA, and an editor at \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;New Left Review\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;. Recent work: \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Different Speeds, Same Furies\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, a comparative study of Anthony Powell and Marcel Proust.","brand":"Verso Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50081530216736,"sku":"9781804297674","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781804297674.jpg?v=1769012400","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/disputing-disaster-perry-anderson-9781804297674","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}