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Britain Should Not Have Fought in the First World War

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The Cabinet's Decision to Go to War

Margaret Thatcher: Britain was important, not because the Germans had committed atrocities in Belgium. Labour Party complained about secret diplomacy after war and they were right. No vital British interest put at risk by not going to war - it's a pure rail-politique argument. John Major: Every single trouble spot in the world is partly the result of the collapse of the European empires which this war created.

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