ISBN10: 0198228414, ISBN13: 9780198228417, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. 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 alldistinguished 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 andunofficial `mentalites' 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. In this book, contributors discuss the causes of the outbreak of the First World War. There are accessible accounts of the events and decisions in each of the main belligerent countries which precipitated the outbreak of war, as well as assessments of popular opinion and public mood. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
[Truganina, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1990]

Paperback / softback. New. Based on public lectures given in Oxford, this book contributes to one of the most fundamental debates in modern European history - that concerning the conflict which debilitated and transformed Europe between 1914 and 1918. ISBN 0198228414 9780198228417 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. Based on public lectures given in Oxford, this book contributes to one of the most fundamental debates in modern European history - that concerning the conflict which debilitated and transformed Europe between 1914 and 1918. ISBN 0198228414 9780198228417 [GB]

ISBN10: 0198228414, ISBN13: 9780198228417, [publisher: OUP Oxford] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The origins of the first World War have created a heated debate and intensive controversy from the very beginning, in August 1914, until the present day. No other outbreak of the war has attracted the attention of so many historians, journalists, writers of memoirs, and military authors.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1990]
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