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The Origins of World War I First Edition Edition

by Richard F. Hamilton (Editor), Holger H. Herwig (Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 552 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; First Edition edition (February 24, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521817358
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521817356
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.4 x 9 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsBook to start with on the origins of the First World War
By Jerome Scanlan on October 17, 2009
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You need to know a lot about 19th century European history to understand how the First World War could happen, and this book takes that approach, providing relevant background information on each of the major countries involved. It doesn't discuss the precipitating events, beginning with Ferdinand's assasination, apart from references in the discussions of the major powers' decisionmaking in the few weeks preceding the war. But even if you are not familiar with these (for a recent detailed discussion, see David Fromkin, Europe's Last Summer: Why the World Went to War in 1914 (2004)), you are better off starting here. I have no independent knowledge of the qualifications of the 11 authors, but they handle the material confidently and provide extensive notes. (Many of the footnoted references are in non-English languages, but the end of the book contains references in English orgainized by country.)

Other recent good books on the origins or the war itself are Annika Mombauer, Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War (2001); David Stevenson, Cataclysm: The First World War as Political Tragedy (2005) and With our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 (2011) (Cataclysm is the best one-volume history of the war I've read. With our Backs to the Wall covers the fighting in the last 9 or so months of the war and other subjects, such as logistics, man and womanpower, technology, finance, and the homefront, over longer periods. These two books are a good place to start in reading about the conduct of the war.); Robert Doughty, Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War (2005); and An Improbable War? The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture Before 1914 (Holger Afflerbach & David Stevenson eds.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsInteresting, well-written, focussed in a way most other accounts are not
By David Tooke on December 21, 2012
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I take it that the authorial group which produced this collective effort intended to examine the impossible-to-really-pin-down question of how WW I began through the lens of the "decision-making coterie", i.e., which individuals in the key countries made the actual decision for war in July 1914. I do feel this is an enlightening and necessary perspective, given how the major powers allocated 'war-declaring power" at the time. Nonetheless, while the perspective is interesting (and a good corrective to "inevitability", sole-German-guilt and "railway timetable" explanations, for example, it inevitably results in some foreshortening. There is less of an attempt than I would have liked to explain WHY the coterie might have felt/acted as it did in each instance. And I also felt that if we are going to focus on 5 or 6 actors in 5 or 6 countries, we need to understand more what we know and don't know about the contemporary motivations and thought processes of those actors. Too many accounts of July 14 repeat as accurate the post-August 1914 (and post war!) comments, conversation, diary entries, letters etc by or attributed to people looking back to July -- by then they almost always had a reason to twist the July reality (whatever that was). But this book is a good contribution to a fascinating, never-ending inquiry.
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4.0 out of 5 starsQuality varies, but best articles are excellent
By W. D ONEIL on January 21, 2014
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This is a series of articles that aim to reexamine the origins of World War I in light of the latest research (up to early 2000s). The success varies. Of the articles on the major participants those on Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Russia, France, and Great Britain are all very good to excellent, succeeding in turning up valuable facts and insights over and above what is available in more general surveys. Only the article on Germany is truly disappointing, rehashing tired accounts and arguments. The articles on minor participants and latecomers are welcome additional perspectives. Overall, this is an essential book for anyone with a serious interest in the war's origins.
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5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars
By Tony Meyer on September 9, 2015
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5.0 out of 5 starsand decidedly NOT because of great and amorphous "hidden" factors or causes
By Jonathan Baum on December 17, 2014
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This collection of scholarly essays on why and how the First World War broke out leaves little to be desired. While the subject has been the topic of hundreds (if not thousands) of books and articles, has been the center of much controversy (historical and otherwise), Professors Hamilton and Herwig come down decisively on the side of the role of the coteries of leaders in the various countries involved, and place the responsibility for the war's origins in the hands of those leaders, and decidedly NOT because of great and amorphous "hidden" factors or causes, such as bankers, militarism, Social Darwinism or any other trendy excuse. After a pair of introductory essays, there follow articles on the individual countries, what happened there and who's to blame. Unlike many books on the topic, the roles of the small Balkan countries, Italy, the Ottoman Empire and the USA are also examined. As I said, there are a plethora of books on this topic out there, but this is one of the most outstanding. A must-read for people who study World War I.
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