1914-1918: Was Britain Right to Fight?

Canterbury Christ Church University's Public Lecture Series

Nigel Biggar, author of the controversial book, In Defence of War (2013), uses the criteria of Christian 'just war' thinking to argue that Britain was right to fight in defence of Belgium and France against unprovoked German invasion in August 1914. He also contends that she was right to carry on fighting until November 1918 and that the costs, although appalling, were not manifestly disproportionate. Britain's Great War, he concludes, deserves both celebration and lamentation.