Sir max hastings is a historian, journalist and author of 20 books. His latest is catastrophe, europe goes to war 19 14. He will also be presenting b b c two documentary on the outbreak of warand will be a key figure in the centenary events in 20 14. The pair argue that there was a cause at stake that britain couldn't plausibly have remained neutral while germany ha secured higemany over the continent.
For this week's Sunday Debate, we're dipping back into the archive to 2014, when we gathered a panel of expert historians to debate whether Britain was right to fight in the First World War, a tragedy that laid the foundations for decades of destructive upheaval and violence across Europe. To debate the issue, we invited leading historians Margaret MacMillan, Max Hastings, John Charmley and Dominic Sandbrook to an event hosted by journalist, columnist and national security expert, Edward Lucas.
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