A radical re-examination of the events surrounding Britain's entry into the Great War
Douglas Newton was the Associate Professor of History at University of Western Sydney. He is the author of British Policy and the Weimar Republic 1918-19; Germany 1919-45; and British Labour, European Socialism and the Struggle for Peace 1889-1914. He lives in Australia.
Should Britain have entered the war in 1914? This question has
recently aroused controversy. As Douglas Newton shows, it was
controversial in 1914, too. This book is a compellingly written,
tightly argued, deeply researched and bracingly revisionist study
of the decisions that led to British intervention. Newton uproots
many hardy myths and reveals the deep divisions within the
political elite of a country on the brink of war.
*Christopher Clark, author of The Sleepwalkers*
If you want to understand how a Liberal cabinet decided to take
Britain to war two days before the German invasion of Belgium, over
the protests of a considerable peace movement, read Douglas
Newton's eloquent The Darkest Days.
*Independent*
I felt I was breathing the pure, clear mountain air of real,
refreshing history. Not justifying, not rehashing, not
regurgitating, but boldly telling what the writer feels very
strongly is an important truth, a truth which has reached out of
the archives and put its thumb in his eye.
*Mail on Sunday*
Newton writes well, and with a feel for the tragedy of the Great
War missing in most accounts ... the scholarship invested in this
work is meticulous.
*International History Review*
One of the most thorough modern history texts of recent times.
*Twentieth Century British History*
Newton's history is meticulously researched.
*History Workshop Journal*
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