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London: Penguin, 2017. reprint. As New. octavo. stiff wrappers 446pp., b/w plates, maps, notes, bibliog., index, Author asks us to think again about the true legacy of WWI. In large part it was not the fighting on the Western front which proved so ruinous to Europe's future, but the devastating aftermath, as countries on both sides of the conflict were wrecked by revolution, pogroms, mass expulsions & further major military clashes. Everywhere there were vengeful people, lives racked by a murderous sense of injustice, & looking for the opportunity to revenge themselves on enemies real and imaginary