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Radical retreat and the appeal to honour. Centennial thoughts on the Great War
The First World War is one of the great formative events of modern history. Yet during its centenary, there has been surprisingly little attention to how uncertain entry into the war was in the English-speaking world and how finely balanced the forces for and against intervention were. This talk examines the role of appeals to honour in the decision for war. It pays particular attention to the role of these appeals in convincing radical liberals to accept British intervention – something which they had been successfully blocking until shortly before war was declared. But it also examines parallel appeals in the United States and Australia. It then considers why the language of honour was effective, and whether it still plays a role a century later, before concluding with some possible centennial lessons.
Date:
26 February 2018, 13:00
Venue:
Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Robin Archer (London School of Economics)
Organising department:
Department of Sociology
Organiser:
Stephen Fisher (Associate Professor of Political Sociology, Trinity College, Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
jane.greig@sociology.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Jane Greig
