The Coming of the First World War

by R. J. W. Evans (Editor), Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann (Editor)

Overview

This book makes two distinctive contributions to one of the most fundamental debates in modern European history. First, it presents readable and judicious accounts of the events and decisions directly precipitating the outbreak of war in each of the main belligerent countries; second, it assesses the role of public opinion and popular mood in determining and responding to the 'July Crisis' of 1914. With a list of contributors who are all distinguished in different aspects of the subject, this stimulating survey covers the historiography of the immediate causes of the war, and includes new reflections on the character of the official and unofficial 'mentalités' during the last weeks of peace. Contributors: Sir Michael Howard, Zbynek Zeman, R. J. W. Evans, D. W. Spring, Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann, Richard Cobb, and Michael Brock.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191500596
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/10/1988
Series:	Clarendon Paperbacks
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Brasenose College, Oxford

University College, Oxford

Editorial Reviews

"A valuable collection....Provides an up-to-date historiographic survey or a critical analysis of the sources and literature for this extensively debated question."—CHOICE

"The essays complement each other admirably...[T]he authors also provide the results of recent research along with their own fresh insights and commentary"—History

"A collection of excellent essays by Oxford historians, incorporating the conclusions of the latest scholarship, it examines government and military thinking and the popular mood throughout Europe during the July-August 1914 crisis, and then the position in each of the major capitals in the order in which they decided upon war."—London Review of Books

"An excellent book."—Christine A. White, Penn State University

"The Editors succeed admirably in this collection of essays...provide[s] a welcome lucidity to the complex interrelationships which pulled the world into disaster."—Amazon.com

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