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简介：WastheGreatWaragreatmistake?Inthisinnovativeprogramme,HarvardhistorianProfessorNiallFergusonoffersadifferentperspectiveontheFirstWorldWarandarguesthatBritain'sdecisiontoenterthewarwasatragicmistake. TheFirstWorldWarwasoneofthegreatturningpointsofmodernhistory.Weknowwherethewarstarted:intheBosniancapitalofSarajevoon28June1914,whenaBosnianSerbnamedGavriloPrincipmurderedtheheirtotheAustro-Hungariandualmonarchy.ButhowandwhydidthiscrisisintheBalkansescalateintoabloodyglobalconflagration?DidBritainreallyhavetofightawaragainstGermany? NiallFergusonlinkscutting-edgegraphicsandshortillustrativestoriestoplacetheFirstWorldWarintothecontextofhumanhistory.HethenarguesthatmuchoftheresponsibilityforthescaleoftheconflictlieswiththeBritishandsuggeststhatBritain'sdecisiontoenterthewarin1914wasnotmerelytragicforthosewholosttheirlives,itwasalsoacatastrophicerrorthatunleashedaneraoftotalitarianismandgenocidearoundtheworld.Atthesametime,thewarrevealedafundamentaltruthabouthumankind'spropensityforviolence. AttheendoftheprogrammethesecontentiousissuesaredebatedbyleadingWW1expertsandthestudioaudience.…