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Thread #158817   Message #3761787
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
30-Dec-15 - 03:10 PM
Thread Name: History and mythology of WW1
Subject: RE: History and mythology of WW1
Jim,
"Macmillan said they believed in it and were right to.
She said no such thing - she covered the recruiting campaigns fully in her book.
Give your quotes - in full and with their evidence for making such stupid statements."


Macmillan
the "futility of war" line only emerged later. "Britain certainly thought it had legitimate reasons for going in, and I think it did," she says. "
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/25/margaret-macmillan-just-dont-ask-me-who-started-war

Pennel
"People supported the war, but only because they felt it was the right thing to do in light of the circumstances."
Dr. Catriona Pennel
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/featurednews/title_219199_en.html

Dave and Jim, are you claiming that these historians and the oothers are all wrong, and you are right?
Why can you find no single historian who agrees with you?