Bid for world power? new research on the outbreak of the First World War

Bid for world power? : new research on the outbreak of the First World War

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....

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
Körperschaft: The Fischer Controversy 50 Years On London (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: The Fischer Controversy 50 Years On (HerausgeberIn), Gestrich, Andreas 1952- (HerausgeberIn), Pogge von Strandmann, Hartmut 1938- (HerausgeberIn), Nägler, Frank 1953- (HerausgeberIn), Seligmann, Matthew S. 1967-, Rose, Andreas 1976-, Röhl, John C. G. 1938-2023, Förster, Stig 1951-, Kronenbitter, Günther 1960-, Krumeich, Gerd 1945-, Bosworth, R. J. B. 1943-, Johnson, Matthew 1981-, Menning, Bruce W. 1943-, Clark, Christopher M. 1960-, Toumarkine, Alexandre 1965-, Neilson, Keith 1948-2015, Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, David, Jenkins, Jennifer 1966-, Steinberg, John W. 1957-, Hirschfeld, Gerhard 1946-, Deutsches Historisches Institut London, Conference. The Fischer Controversy 50 Years On
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford New York : Oxford University Press, 2017
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:Studies of the German Historical Institute London
Schlagworte:World War, 1914-1918 Kriegsbeginn Kriegsursache Kriegsziel Forschung Geschichte Internationale Politik Fischer, Fritz Erster Weltkrieg
Umfang:xi, 444 Seiten
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction Andreas Gestrich and Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann
  • Auskreisung? : the Anglo-German antagonism and the Tirpitz plan Frank Nägler
  • 'The greatest danger to this country that exists' : German plans for commerce warfare in British naval thinking Matthew S. Seligmann
  • 'Two rival syndicates.' : the British service departments and the German naval threat: towards a Fritz Fischer-like approach to British foreign policy Andreas Rose
  • War premeditated? : the 'War Council' of 8 December 1912 revisited John C. G. Röhl
  • Russian horses : the German army leadership and the July crisis of 1914 Stig Förster
  • Austria-Hungary's decision for war in 1914 Günther Kronenbitter
  • ' . . . rät das bestürzte Frankreich zum Frieden . . .' : France's armaments and military situation in July 1914 Gerd Krumeich
  • Italy's wars of illusion : 1911-1915 R. J. B. Bosworth
  • Peace and retrenchment? : the Edwardian Liberal Party, the limits of pacifism, and the politics of national defence Matthew Johnson
  • The mobilization crises of 1912 and 1914 in Russian perspective : overlooked and neglected linkages Bruce W. Menning
  • The Balkan inception scenario : Serbia and the coming of war in 1914 Christopher Clark
  • Fritz Fischer and the Ottoman Empire : illusions on the Bosporus? Alexandre Toumarkine
  • The foundations of British war aims in the First World War Keith Neilson
  • Russia's war aims David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
  • Jihad or nationalist uprising? : Germany's 'programme for revolution' in the Middle East Jennifer L. Jenkins
  • The peace at Brest-Litovsk : forgotten or precedent-setting peace? John W. Steinberg
  • From one war to the other : the impact of the First World War on the Second World War Gerhard Hirschfeld