To end all wars
by Adam Hochschild · first published 2011
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on “Ask HN: What are your favorite history books?” ↗It's fascinating. I just finished "To End All Wars," by Adam Hochschild. He points out that Germany's military was doing quite well in July 1918 ... but that blockades had ruined Germany's ability to feed its people. Folks were getting by on 1000 calories/day;…
on “Why did Japan surrender? (2011)” ↗…losses were as bad or worse. (They weren't) And the consequence of that at the middle army management level was bragging rights about how many of your men you'd managed to get killed. Source: Hochschild, To End all Wars.
on “What World War I Can Teach Us about Misjudging Tech and Social Change (2020)” ↗