Recent Disclosures Concerning the Origins of the World War
Author | : Harry Elmer Barnes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Harry Elmer Barnes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Joll |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2013-11-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317875362 |
James Joll's study is not simply another narrative, retracing the powder trail that was finally ignited at Sarajevo. It is an ambitious and wide-ranging analysis of the historical forces at work in the Europe of 1914, and the very different ways in which historians have subsequently attempted to understand them. The importance of the theme, the breadth and sympathy of James Joll's scholarship, and the clarity of his exposition, have all contributed to the spectacular success of the book since its first appearance in 1984. Revised by Gordon Martel, this new 3rd edition accommodates recent research and an expanded further reading section.
Author | : Richard F. Hamilton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 2003-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521817356 |
Discusses and examines the possible causes of World War I.
Author | : Harry Elmer Barnes |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 1926 |
Genre | : World War, 1914-1918 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sean McMeekin |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 345 |
Release | : 2013-05-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0674072332 |
The catastrophe of the First World War, and the destruction, revolution, and enduring hostilities it wrought, make the issue of its origins a perennial puzzle. Since World War II, Germany has been viewed as the primary culprit. Now, in a major reinterpretation of the conflict, Sean McMeekin rejects the standard notions of the war’s beginning as either a Germano-Austrian preemptive strike or a “tragedy of miscalculation.” Instead, he proposes that the key to the outbreak of violence lies in St. Petersburg. It was Russian statesmen who unleashed the war through conscious policy decisions based on imperial ambitions in the Near East. Unlike their civilian counterparts in Berlin, who would have preferred to localize the Austro-Serbian conflict, Russian leaders desired a more general war so long as British participation was assured. The war of 1914 was launched at a propitious moment for harnessing the might of Britain and France to neutralize the German threat to Russia’s goal: partitioning the Ottoman Empire to ensure control of the Straits between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. Nearly a century has passed since the guns fell silent on the western front. But in the lands of the former Ottoman Empire, World War I smolders still. Sunnis and Shiites, Arabs and Jews, and other regional antagonists continue fighting over the last scraps of the Ottoman inheritance. As we seek to make sense of these conflicts, McMeekin’s powerful exposé of Russia’s aims in the First World War will illuminate our understanding of the twentieth century.
Author | : American Battle Monuments Commission |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Cemeteries |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Robert Gilpin |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 1989-02-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521379557 |
This analysis of the origins of major wars, since the development of the modern state system in Europe centuries ago, also considers the problems involved in preventing a contemporary nuclear war.
Author | : Leonard Charles Frederick Turner |
Publisher | : Gower Publishing Company, Limited |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Erster Weltkrieg |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Richard N. Rosecrance |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2014-11-21 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0262326787 |
Experts consider how the lessons of World War I can help prevent U.S.–China conflict. A century ago, Europe's diplomats mismanaged the crisis triggered by the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and the continent plunged into World War I, which killed millions, toppled dynasties, and destroyed empires. Today, as the hundredth anniversary of the Great War prompts renewed debate about the war's causes, scholars and policy experts are also considering the parallels between the present international system and the world of 1914. Are China and the United States fated to follow in the footsteps of previous great power rivals? Will today's alliances drag countries into tomorrow's wars? Can leaders manage power relationships peacefully? Or will East Asia's territorial and maritime disputes trigger a larger conflict, just as rivalries in the Balkans did in 1914? In The Next Great War?, experts reconsider the causes of World War I and explore whether the great powers of the twenty-first century can avoid the mistakes of Europe's statesmen in 1914 and prevent another catastrophic conflict. They find differences as well as similarities between today's world and the world of 1914—but conclude that only a deep understanding of those differences and early action to bring great powers together will likely enable the United States and China to avoid a great war. Contributors Alan Alexandroff, Graham Allison, Richard N. Cooper, Charles S. Maier, Steven E. Miller, Joseph S. Nye Jr., T. G. Otte, David K. Richards, Richard N. Rosecrance, Kevin Rudd, Jack Snyder, Etel Solingen, Arthur A. Stein, Stephen Van Evera