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The White War a classic arthur adventure but Mitchard ratchets up theThe brutal and tragic story of the First World Wars oft overlooked Italian Front A fascinating, indeed brilliant, portrait of a society immolated by its own delusions. Max Hastings, New York Review of Books Named a Book of the Year by Economist Sunday Times Sunday Telegraph Observer New Statesman Evening Standard Scotsman Irish Times Guardian Times Literary Supplement In May 1915, Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire, hoping to seize its lost