Military History Symposium: Sir Max Hastings: Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

In this exciting program Sir Max Hastings gives the audience a sneak peak into his new book, Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War.

Hastings explains a conflict different from the familiar one of barbed wire, mud, and futility. He traces the path of war pointing out reasons why Germany and Austria were primarily to blame. Hastings also gives assessments of generals and political leaders involved and analyzes the political causes that lead to war.    

Sir Max Hastings is an author, journalist, and historian whose work has appeared in every British national newspaper.  He has published more than twenty books, his most recent being Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War. He has served as a foreign correspondent and as editor of Britain’s Evening Standard and Daily Telegraph, and has won many awards for his work.

In 2010, Hastings received the Royal United Services Institute’s Westminster Medal for his contributions to military writing.