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Should Britain have joined World War One? Keep these points in mind during the argument
by Guest Mon May 05, 2014 7:13 am
The battle lines are drawn. On the one hand, the First World War was a necessary struggle and Britain had no alternative but to play its part: on the other, the war was a tragic mess that came about by mistake, and we should have stayed out. Bungling statesmen got us into it, and bungling generals made sure it would be a four-year nightmare of futile slaughter.
Champions of the two sides have already stepped into the ring by way of two admirable polemical BBC programmes: Max Hastings arguing for Britain’s decision to go to war, Niall Ferguson against. We are evidently going to have four years of this sort of thing (plus a coda on the ever-controversial Treaty of Versailles). So here are a few things that I believe we ought to keep in mind.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/should-britain-have-joined-world-war-one-keep-these-points-in-mind-during-the-argument-9322604.html
Interesting article, what do others think?
Champions of the two sides have already stepped into the ring by way of two admirable polemical BBC programmes: Max Hastings arguing for Britain’s decision to go to war, Niall Ferguson against. We are evidently going to have four years of this sort of thing (plus a coda on the ever-controversial Treaty of Versailles). So here are a few things that I believe we ought to keep in mind.
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/should-britain-have-joined-world-war-one-keep-these-points-in-mind-during-the-argument-9322604.html
Interesting article, what do others think?
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