The Outbreak of World War I: Causes and Responsibilities (Problems in European Civilization Series)

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Summary: WWI Causes and Responsibilities!
Review: Holger H. Herwig's, "The Outbreak of World War I" is a wonderful up-to-date collection of essays from top-notch historians on the current historical debates surrounding the causes and responsibilities of the First World War.

Books from the PROBLEMS IN EUROPEAN CIVILIZATION SERIES are designed for upper-level undergraduate and graduate level European history courses. That being said, this book is not an introductory text. The authors of the articles go directly into their subjects, without providing any significant background information. Therefore, you need to have an historical base-level to work from. Nonetheless, it is an excellent tool for students, scholars and general readers of modern European history.

This edition has a wonderful chronology of events, which is helpful in preparing for exams.

An excellent representation on WWI scholarship

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Summary: Very good book
Review: Views the cause of WWI from multiple perspectives (Austrians being the cause, Germans being the cause, Russians being the cause, Serbia being the cause, End of colonialism/imperialism being the cause,

Each case is argued very well historically and uses seperate facts. As such if you read through the whole book (it's hard... the way the historians write backs it difficult on occasion..thus 4 stars instead of 5) you'll get enough facts to come to your own well informed view of WWI and it's causes.