# The Darkest Days

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- Book: [The Darkest Days](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-newton/the-darkest-days) ([The Darkest Days.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-newton/the-darkest-days.md))
- Authors: [Douglas Newton](https://www.bookquiver.com/douglas-newton)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-17-8168-816-8
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2015-03-10
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The centenary of the outbreak of the First World War may be commemorated by some as a great moment of national history. But the standard history of Britain’s choice for war is far from the truth....