Leeds University's Professor of Central European History, editor of An Improbable War?The Outbreak of World War I and European Politicsl Culture before 1914, views the war through the letters of one of the Kaiser's generals to his wife.

The War and English Religion

Feb 25th, 2014 37m 14s

Merton College's Tutor in History, an historian of 20th century Britain, argues that English Christianity survived the First World War rather better than is often assumed.

1914–1918: Was Britain Right to Fight?

Feb 13th, 2014 53m 59s

The Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, Canon of Christ Church, and author of In Defence of War (2013) analyses Britain's belligerency in terms of Christian just war reasoning, and concludes that it was justified.

Victorious Donkeys? British Generals and Generalship of the First World War Reconsidered

Feb 11th, 2014 46m 12s

The Professor of War Studies at Wolverhampton University, a leading British military historian of the First World War, explodes some myths about British generalship and the performance of the British Army.

Accident or Choice? The Outbreak of the First World War

Feb 3rd, 2014 44m 14s

The causes of the First World War have long been controversial and remain so. The Warden of St Antony's College, Oxford, and author of The War that Ended Peace (2013) brings us up to date on the debate.

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