The Coming of the First World War - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198228996 ISBN 13 : 9780198228998

Editeur : Clarendon Press, 1988

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 all distinguished 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 and unofficial `mentalités' 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.

Revue de presse

A collection of excellent essays ... incorporating the conclusions of the latest scholarship. (London Review of Books)

... full of fresh ideas and mostly elegantly and eloquently written. It fully justifies the editors" claim to have contributed something new and significant by concentrating ... upon the actual decisions of politicians and their immediate background in the public opinion and popular mood of those sultry July days. (English Historical Review)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Clarendon Press
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198228996
• ISBN 13: 9780198228998
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Éditeur: Evans R. J. W., Strandmann Hartmut Pogge Von, Pogge Von Strandmann Hartmut
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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