Wars dominated life in Europe in the first half of the twentieth century and have haunted the second, as the terrible legacy of guilt and grief is worked through. In this powerful and original anthology, Angus Calder brings together selected writings which emphasize that, despite the camaraderie and heroism of war, it is really about killing and being killed. It concentrates on why men fight wars and how 'humanity' somehow survives them. The writings touch on themes and aspects such as prophesies of war, patriotism, heroes, The Great War, death camps, revolution and civil war, Blitzkrieg, the Eastern Front, grief and guilt, and reckonings...