Format:
xi, 444 Seiten
ISBN:
9780198792413
Series Statement:
Studies of the German Historical Institute London
Content:
Over fifty years ago the German historian Fritz Fischer published his famous book Germany's Aims in the First World War. It departed from the established consensus that many countries and governments had a shared responsibility for the outbreak of the war, and put the onus primarily on Germany. The book initiated a fierce international debate which Fischer seems to have mostly won. By the middle of the 1970s many of his controversial positions had become mainstream. More recent research, however, started to question this consensus again. Many scholars moved away from focusing on the responsibility of individual countries or politicians and turned to the complex structures and mechanisms of the international system. How does this 'systemic' perspective alter the importance Fischer's findings and interpretations? This volume brings together the latest research by many of the most prominent historians of the First World War from a wide range of countries and it presents the most important trends and results of recent international scholarship, frequently based on new archival findings unavailable to Fischer at the time. By concentrating on key controversial areas of his arguments and asking which of his assumptions and interpretations still stand the test of new research, the essays in this book provide an excellent and focused overview of the complex history of the outbreak of the war. However, they also demonstrate that no clear new consensus has emerged so far regarding a comprehensive explanation for what still has to be seen as the 'great seminal catastrophe' of the twentieth century (G. F. Kennan).
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Konferenzname und Konferenzdaten aus dem Internet ermittelt
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Introduction
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Auskreisung? : the Anglo-German antagonism and the Tirpitz plan
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'The greatest danger to this country that exists' : German plans for commerce warfare in British naval thinking
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'Two rival syndicates.' : the British service departments and the German naval threat: towards a Fritz Fischer-like approach to British foreign policy
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War premeditated? : the 'War Council' of 8 December 1912 revisited
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Russian horses : the German army leadership and the July crisis of 1914
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Austria-Hungary's decision for war in 1914
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' . . . rät das bestürzte Frankreich zum Frieden . . .' : France's armaments and military situation in July 1914
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Italy's wars of illusion : 1911-1915
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Peace and retrenchment? : the Edwardian Liberal Party, the limits of pacifism, and the politics of national defence
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The mobilization crises of 1912 and 1914 in Russian perspective : overlooked and neglected linkages
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The Balkan inception scenario : Serbia and the coming of war in 1914
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Fritz Fischer and the Ottoman Empire : illusions on the Bosporus?
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The foundations of British war aims in the First World War
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Russia's war aims
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Jihad or nationalist uprising? : Germany's 'programme for revolution' in the Middle East
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The peace at Brest-Litovsk : forgotten or precedent-setting peace?
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From one war to the other : the impact of the First World War on the Second World War
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Fischer, Fritz 1908-1999 Griff nach der Weltmacht
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Erster Weltkrieg
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Kriegsbeginn
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Konferenzschrift
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Konferenzschrift
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Historische Darstellung
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Sammlung von Beiträgen
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Konferenzschrift
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Nägler, Frank 1953-
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Förster, Stig 1951-
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Krumeich, Gerd 1945-
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Rose, Andreas 1976-
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Bosworth, R. J. B. 1943-
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Pogge von Strandmann, Hartmut 1938-
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Röhl, John C. G. 1938-2023
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Seligmann, Matthew S. 1967-
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Clark, Christopher M. 1960-
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Hirschfeld, Gerhard 1946-
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Gestrich, Andreas 1952-
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