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Germany and the causes of the First World War / Mark Hewitson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hewitson, Mark.
- Series:
- Legacy of the Great War.
- The Legacy of the Great War
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Causes--Germany.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Military planning--Germany--History--20th century.
- Military planning.
- Germany--History, Military--20th century.
- Germany.
- Germany--Politics and government--1871-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 268 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How can we understand what caused World War I? What role did Germany play? This book encourages us to re-think the events that led to global conflict in 1914.Historians in recent years have argued that German leaders acted defensively or pre-emptively in 1914, conscious of the Reich's deteriorating military and diplomatic position.
- Contents:
- Historiography from Fischer to Forster
- The economics of war : industrialists, financiers and landowners
- Nationalism and images of the enemy
- The politics of war : parties, the press and public opinion
- Militarism and representations of conflict
- Strategies of war : the army and the navy
- Imperialism and conceptions of diplomatic relations
- Diplomacy and war : Chancellor, Kaiser and Foreign Office
- The July crisis : brinkmanship and war
- Germany and the question of guilt.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4725-7810-4
- 1-282-54542-6
- 9786612545429
- 1-4294-0901-0
- 1-84520-729-7
- OCLC:
- 191934079
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