战争的悲悯
The Pity of War
Niall Ferguson · 初版 1998 年
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在《The Pity of War》中，Niall Ferguson打破了关于1914—1918年一战的种种神话。他认为英德之间的致命冲突绝非不可避免。正是英国的宣战，才徒然将一场欧洲大陆冲突演变成了世界大战；而英国的经济失调与军事劣势导致美国被迫参战，从而彻底改变了全球力量格局。Ferguson生动重现了这场本世纪开创性的浩劫，他没有枯燥地按编年史罗列章节细节，而是通过一系列章节深入
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尼尔·弗格森（Niall Ferguson）的《战争的悲悯：解读第一次世界大战》（Pity of War: Explaining World War I）极其详尽地描述了参战各方的财政状况。读起来非常过瘾。
Niall Ferguson's Pity of War: Explaining World War I describes the finances of the participants in great detail. It's a fascinating read.
……《哈姆雷特》、《小镇》、《大宅》。《大河恋》《Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World》《建筑模式语言》《论语》《薄伽梵歌》《申辩篇》《理想国》《触摸大地》《战争的悲悯：解读第一次世界大战》《内战史话》
…Hamlet, The Town, The Mansion. A River Runs Through It Programming Erlang: Software for a Concurrent World A Pattern Language The Analects Bhagavad Gita Apology The Republic Touch the Earth The Pity of War: Explaining World War I The Civil War: A Narrative
我真该列个书单，不过这里再推荐几本：斯蒂芬·安布罗斯（Stephen Ambrose）的《天下无双》（Nothing Like It In The World），讲述1863-1869年建造横贯大陆铁路的人们；尼尔·弗格森的《战争的悲悯》，解读一战；沃尔特·艾萨克森（Walter Isaacson）的《史蒂夫·乔布斯传》；昆汀·沃尔德（Quentin Wald）的《作为工程师的莱特兄弟》；尤金·斯莱奇（Eugene Sledge）的《老兵永不死》（With the Old Breed）；理查德·费曼的《别闹了，费曼先生！》……
I really should do a list, but here's a few more: "Nothing Like It In The World" Stephen Ambrose The men who built the transcontinental railroad 1863-1869 "The Pity of War" Niall Ferguson Explaining World War 1 "Steve Jobs" Walter Isaacson "The Wright Brothers as Engineers" Quentin Wald "With the Old Breed" Eugene Sledge "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman" Richard Feynman…
……医疗保健是美国受监管最严格的行业（远超其他行业）。沉重的官僚监管让一个组织无法适应当地和/或不断变化的情况。我在弗格森的《战争的悲悯》一书中读到，一战中德军伤亡率远低于英军的原因，在于英国将军们总是制定事无巨细的命令，规定士兵必须如何达成……
…healthcare is the most heavily regulated industry (by far) in the US. Heavy bureaucratic regulations make an organization unable to adapt to local and/or changing circumstances. I read in the book "The Pity of War" by Ferguson that the reason the death rates of the German army in WW1 were so much lower than that of the British is the British generals would craft detailed orders on how the soldiers were to achieve…
这篇文章让我想起了尼尔·弗格森的《战争的悲悯》（Pity of War）。http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/09/reviews/990509.09bergh...
The article reminded me of Niall Ferguson's Pity of War. http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/05/09/reviews/990509.09bergh...
尼尔·弗格森在《战争的悲悯》（The Pity of War）中对此进行了详尽的论证。https://www.amazon.com/Pity-War-Explaining-World/dp/04650571...
Niall Ferguson makes a detailed case for this in The Pity of War. https://www.amazon.com/Pity-War-Explaining-World/dp/04650571...