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The Vanquished

`A breathtaking, magisterial panorama, telling the epic story of post-war anarchy, dying empires and rising nation states. It makes us rethink our understanding of Europe`s twentieth century` David Motadel, The Times Literary Supplement For the Western allies 11 November 1918 has always been a solemn date – the end of fighting which had destroyed a generation, and also a vindication of a terrible sacrifice with the total collapse of their principal enemies: the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. But for much of the rest of Europe this was a day with no meaning, as a continuing, nightmarish series of conflicts engulfed country after country. In this highly original, gripping book Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. `Lucid, incisive and packed with fascinating details` Financial Times, Books of the Year `Important and timely …obliges us to reconsider a period and a battlefront that has too often been neglected` Margaret MacMillan, The New York Times Review of Books `This narrative of continent-wide chaos performs a valuable service by chronicling the postwar turmoil of Europe …helps us understand why few wars reach tidy conclusions` Max Hastings, Sunday Times `Reminds us, in vivid and often shocking detail, that only some countries saw killing end on the 11th day of the 11th month …leaves a sense of foreboding for our own time` Robert Tombs, The Times

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