1. By: Aaron Hahs The Pity Of War

3. Author argues that World War I was a result of poor choices, especially made by the British government.

4. Due to have options, but failing to make the right choice, the author states that this great war was avoidable.

6. Sir Edward Grey was the British foreign secretary at the time.

7. The author suggests that Grey made decisions, based on the secret alliance he had made with the French government.

8. Grey saw Germany as having intentions to dominate Europe and seize control of Belgium and French ports.

10. According to Ferguson, the Germans did not seek an armistice in the fall of 1918 because they were starving from the blockade.

11. Ludendorff, in a fit of panic, offered his resignation to the Kaiser in August.

12. Although it was rejected, the German government pursued the armistice.

14. He argues that it is Freudian psychology in the way of the “death instinct”.

15. The author also suggests that the men fought for the reason of it being like an “extreme team sport”.