THE NECESSARY WAR
 Sir Max Hastings presents the argument that although it was a great tragedy, far from being futile, the First World War was completely unavoidable. Max presents the case that the rulers of Germany in 1914 were intent on dominating Europe and, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in June 1914, actively encouraged the Austrians to invade Serbia. They were responsible for igniting the spark that turned a local controversy into a full-blown European war. http://youtu.be/Pg5LWHQYIrY