To suggest to the average citizen who took part in the Great War that his school-books should abandon the legend that his particular state entered it with the whole-souled motive of serving justice would appear scandalous simply because he is honestly unconscious of any other motive.
Laski critiques the simplistic narratives often presented in history education, particularly regarding motivations for war.
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