The Profit Motive as Cause of the Great War: What's the Evidence? - Richard Hamilton

Dr. Richard Hamilton, historian and author of such books as The Origins of World War I, reviews the decision-making in Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Great Britain on the eve of the Great War and discusses how this evidence contradicts Marxist arguments about the causes of the war. Presented at the World War I Historical Association Symposium, "The Coming of the Great War," November 8-9, 2013. Recorded November 8, 2013 in J.C. Nichols Auditorium at the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. For more information about the National WWI Museum and Memorial visit http://theworldwar.org