The Causes of the First World War

The Long Blame Game
2. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-8153-4794-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: Making History

The causes of the First World War were disputed before the first shots had even been fired. Recriminations intensified following the Treaty of Versailles when the victors accused Germany and its allies of having caused the war. This was the start of a heated blame game in which historians and politicians on all sides became embroiled in a war of documents and publications. More than 100 years on, the question of the origins of the First World War still remains contested.

Based on Annika Mombauer’s The Origins of the First World War (2002), this thoroughly revised and expanded volume examines the political and ideological concerns that fuelled these international disagreements and offers an extensive analysis of a complex and unique historical controversy from 1914 to the centenary and beyond. It provides students, teachers, scholars and non-specialist readers with a comprehensive guide through the maze of conflicting interpretations.

Zielgruppe

Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mombauer, Annika

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1.The Beginning of the Blame Game 2. Revisionists and Anti-Revisionists 3. From Scholarly Stagnation to a Paradigm Change: The Question of Continuity in German History 4. Beyond the German Paradigm 5. Centenary Debates and Beyond. Conclusion: The Long Blame Game

Über Autor(innen)

Annika Mombauer is Professor of Modern European History at The Open University, UK. Among her publications on the First World War are The Origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and Military Documents (2013) and Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War (2001).