Part 1 | The Pity of War
In this innovative programme, Professor Niall Ferguson argues that Britain's decision to enter the First World War was a catastrophic error that unleashed an era of totalitarianism and genocide. In part one, Niall Ferguson links cutting-edge graphics and short illustrative stories to place the First World War into the context of human history.
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