Transcript: Remembering World War I

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HUME: To many Americans, the Second World War and the cold war are the defining military events of the 20th century, both waged for clear reasons against powers who posed a clear threat to American interests. But many historians have regarded World War I, with its much more ambiguous roots, as the seminal military event of our time.

John Keegan, the famous British military historian and journalist has written a much-praised new account of that war entitled simply "The First World War." And he joins me here now.

Welcome, sir.

JOHN KEEGAN, BRITISH MILITARY HISTORIAN: ...

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