34 min listen
Britain Should Not Have Fought In The First World War
Britain Should Not Have Fought In The First World War
ratings:
Length:
102 minutes
Released:
Apr 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
As we approach the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, books, television documentaries and articles on the subject abound. So do different opinions, especially as to whether Britain’s engagement was worth it.
Was it a vitally important crusade to prevent an oppressive German-dominated Europe? Or a catastrophic mistake that brought Communism to power in Russia, ripped up the map of Europe and left a festering sense of resentment that would fuel the rise of Nazism?
In this debate from April 2014 four of Britain’s leading historians battle it over whether or not Britain should have fought in the First World War.
Professor John Charmley and Domnic Sandbrook speak for the motion. Max Hastings and Professor Margaret MacMillan speak against. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Was it a vitally important crusade to prevent an oppressive German-dominated Europe? Or a catastrophic mistake that brought Communism to power in Russia, ripped up the map of Europe and left a festering sense of resentment that would fuel the rise of Nazism?
In this debate from April 2014 four of Britain’s leading historians battle it over whether or not Britain should have fought in the First World War.
Professor John Charmley and Domnic Sandbrook speak for the motion. Max Hastings and Professor Margaret MacMillan speak against. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Apr 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Robert Macfarlane on Landscape and the Human Heart: How do the landscapes we love shape the people we are? Why do we walk? For several years and more than a thousand miles, celebrated travel writer Robert Macfarlane has been following the vast network of old paths and routes that criss-cross Britain and... by Intelligence Squared