Vanquished: why the first world war failed to end 1917-1923

In this gripping book Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the legacy of the First World War. In large part it was not the fighting which proved so ruinous to Europe's future, but the devastating aftermath. Everywhere there were people looking for the opportunity to gain revenge on enemies. Only a decade later, the rise of the Third Reich and other totalitarian states offered this chance.