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Entry: The "Good War" and the Terrible Peace Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_good_war_and_the_terrible_peace#29585 Post contents: Dear Pat Buchanan, "Germans, Austrians and Hungarians by the millions were then consigned to Belgium, France, Italy, Serbia, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Poland and Lithuania, in violation of the principle of self-determination." Thank you for mentioning this issue in this light. Rarely does one hear of these event from this perspective, and it was extremely unfair and counterproductive. A side issue: Italy´s entrance into the war was a particularly sad and unnecessary event. The Catholics in Italy were pro-Peace, anti-war (Benedict XV intervened for peace). The Habsburgs even agreed to let Italy have the Italian majority areas (Friuli, Trieste, Istria). Unfortunately pro-war liberals, nationalists, and revolutionary socialists got the upper hand in the matter. The battles fought between Austria-Hungary and Italy at the Isonzo were particularly dreadful. Sent at: 2009 01 08