Terry Boardman - Britain's Responsibility in 1914 for World War One - INTRO & BOOKS

'Britain's Responsibility in 1914 for World War One and its Relation to Our Current World Situation' by Terry Boardman. Dublin July 2014.

This is first part of the talk where Terry highlights the issue of the 'victors' propaganda version of history in relation to World War 1, and provides a comprehensive list of objective books on the subject which counter this.
Terry mentions in particular a new book by Markus Osterrieder called 'Welt im Umbruch (World in Upheaval) 'which is the most detailed and all encompassing research on WW1 to date. This book is available in german only for the moment and can be bought on amazon :

Other books of note include :
K.M Wilson, The Policy of Entente
Edward Mc Cullough, How the first World War Began
Niall Ferguson, The Pity of War
Clive Pointing, Thirteen Days
Sean McMeekin, July 1914
Sean McMeekin, The Russian Origins of the First World War
John P. Cafferky, Lord Milner's Second War
Gerry Docherty & Jim McGregor, Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War

[samuelgoddard]

Wonderful presentation. I have read two of the books on the list. I remember Hilary Benn's speech to the Commons in support of air strikes against Syria and how similar it was to Edward Grey's shameful speech in 1914. Good on you. Keep up the good work! Another piece of historical revisionism that is sorely needed is a reclassification of the Irish genocide and ethnic cleansing which has been cheapened and relegated to a potato famine. How could it have been a famine when there was plenty of food being exported to the UK, the whole sordid process presided over by British soldiers. The Crown has the blood of millions of its own subjects on its hands.

[keithpennock]

The echo/room mode reverb is bad in the audio & needs some serious post-production audio editing to filter the echo/room mode & other background noises. Also this is an excellent example of why shotgun mics shouldn’t be used and you need to mic your speakers.