No glory averting right-wing revisionism concerning the Great War

The authors critique British politicians Michael Gove and David Cameron for attempting to frame the First World War as a 'good' war and for promoting virtues like patriotism and courage to the exclusion of pacifist perspectives. They argue that the conflict was an 'imperial bloodbath' orchestrated by aloof elites and that glorifying such warfare risks leading Europe toward future resource wars or fascism. The text emphasizes the importance of honoring conscientious objectors and the 1915 Hague congress of women, while citing the European Union's role in preventing conflict between member states since World War II as a legacy to be preserved.

• The authors accuse British Prime Minister David Cameron and Secretary of Education Michael Gove of attempting to rewrite the history of the First World War to present it as a 'good' war and to suppress 'pacifist' sentiments.
• The document characterizes the First World War as an 'imperial bloodbath' where ordinary soldiers were sacrificed to serve the interests of 'disgracefully aloof elites' who used myths of patriotism and honor to recruit them.
• The text highlights the overlooked contributions and virtues of 16,000 British conscientious objectors and the women who met at a cross-national congress in The Hague in 1915 to oppose the use of brute force in international disputes.
• The authors assert that the European Union's primary achievement is preventing its member nations from fighting one another since World War II, but warn that glorifying past wars and the rise of fascism and racism could lead to future resource wars or warlordism in Europe.

APA

Read, R. (2014). No glory averting right-wing revisionism concerning the Great War. Green European Journal. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/no-glory-averting-right-wing-revisionism-concerning-the-great-war/

Chicago

Read, Rupert. No glory averting right-wing revisionism concerning the Great War. Green European Journal, 2014. https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/no-glory-averting-right-wing-revisionism-concerning-the-great-war/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{read2014glory, author = {Read, Rupert}, title = {{No glory averting right-wing revisionism concerning the Great War}}, publisher = {Green European Journal}, year = {2014}, month = mar, url = {https://www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/no-glory-averting-right-wing-revisionism-concerning-the-great-war/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }