The coming of the First World War

Author(s)

• Evans, Robert John Weston
• Pogge von Strandmann, H. (Hartmut)

Bibliographic Information

The coming of the First World War

edited by R.J.W. Evans and Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1988

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Published on the 70th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this book covers the events and decisions which directly precipitated the outbreak of the First World War in each of the main belligerent countries and assesses the role of public opinion and popular mood in determining and responding to the "July Crisis". Written by contributors who cover different aspects of the subject, this collection of essays provides a survey of the historiography of the immediate causes of the war, before and since the famous "Fischer controversy" over German responsibility; and new reflections on the character of the official and unofficial "mentalites" during the last weeks of peace.

Table of Contents

• Europe on the eve of the First World War, Michael Howard
• the Balkans and the coming of war, Z.A.B.Zeman
• the Habsburg monarchy and the coming of war, R.J.W.Evans
• Russia and the coming of war, D.W.Spring
• Germany and the coming of war, Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann
• France and the coming of war, Richard Cobb
• Britain enters the war, Michael Brock.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA06653339
• ISBN:
  • 0198228996
• LCCN: 88023880
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford,New York ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 189 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D511
  • DC19 : 940.3/11
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes