Download or read book The Lost History of 1914 written by Jack Beatty and published by Bloomsbury Paperbacks. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Lost History of 1914', Jack Beatty offers an original view of World War I, testing against fresh evidence the long dominant assumption that it was inevitable. He also examines the idea that trench warfare, long depicted as death's victory, was actually a life-saving strategy.