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Bid for world power? : new research on the outbreak of the First World War
- Title
- Bid for world power? : new research on the outbreak of the First World War / edited by Andreas Gestrich and Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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- Description
- xi, 444 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Over fifty years ago the German historian Fritz Fischer published his famous book 'Germany's aims in the First World War.' It departed from the established consensus that many countries and governments had a shared responsibility for the outbreak of the war, and put the onus primarily on Germany. The book initiated a fierce international debate which Fischer seems to have mostly won. By the middle of the 1970s many of his controversial positions had become mainstream. More recent research, however, started to question this consensus again. Many scholars moved away from focusing on the responsibility of individual countries or politicians and turned to the complex structures and mechanisms of the international system. How does this 'systemic' perspective alter the importance Fischer's findings and interpretations? This volume brings together the latest research by many of the most prominent historians of the First World War from a wide range of countries and it presents the most important trends and results of recent international scholarship, frequently based on new archival findings unavailable to Fischer at the time.
- Series Statement
- Studies of the German Historical Institute London
- Uniform Title
- Studies of the German Historical Institute London.
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918 > Causes > Congresses
- Note
- "... a conference ... to take stock of new research on the outbreak of the First World War."--Page v.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-4412
- ISBN
- 0198792417
- 9780198792413
- OCLC
- 965766635
- Title
- Bid for world power? : new research on the outbreak of the First World War / edited by Andreas Gestrich and Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann.
- Publisher
- Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies of the German Historical Institute LondonStudies of the German Historical Institute London.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Gestrich, Andreas, editor.Pogge von Strandmann, H. (Hartmut), editor.German Historical Institute in London, issuing body.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-4412