WWI: Imperial carve up, industrialised killing the truth about Gove's 'Great War'
- Written by Neil Faulkner
- Published in World War One
Historian Neil Faulkner takes on the revisionist myths about the causes of World War One - part of the Dangerous Times Festival at east London's RichMix
Neil Faulkner
Neil Faulkner is a freelance archaeologist and historian. He works as a writer, lecturer, excavator, and occasional broadcaster. His books include ‘A Visitor’s Guide to the Ancient Olympics‘ and ‘A Marxist History of the World: from Neanderthals to Neoliberals‘.
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