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200 04$aThe origins of World War I /$fedited by Richard F. Hamilton, Holger H. Herwig$b[electronic resource]
210  1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2003.
215   $a1 online resource (xiii, 537 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 525-531) and index.
327   $tWorld wars: definition and causes /$rRichard F. Hamilton,$rHolger H. Herwig --$tThe European wars: 1815-1914 /$rRichard F. Hamilton --$tSerbia /$rRichard C. Hall --$tAustria-Hungary /$rGraydon A. Tunstall, Jr. --$tGermany /$rHolger H. Herwig --$tRussia /$rDavid Alan Rich --$rFrance /$rEugenia C. Kiesling --$tGreat Britain /$rJ. Paul Harris --$tJapan /$rFrederick R. Dickinson --$tThe Ottoman Empire /$rUlrich Trumpener --$tItaly /$rRichard F. Hamilton,$rHolger H. Herwig --$tBulgaria, Romania, and Greece /$rRichard C. Hall --$tThe United States /$rJohn Milton Cooper, Jr. --$tWhy did it happen? /$rHolger H. Herwig --$tOn the origins of the catastrophe /$rRichard F. Hamilton --$gAppendix A:$tChronology, 1914 /$rGeoffrey P. Megargee --$gAppendix B:$tDramatis Personae --$gAppendix C: Suggested readings.
330   $aThis work poses a straightforward - yet at the same time perplexing - question about World War I: Why did it  happen? Several of the oft-cited causes are reviewed and discussed. The argument of the alliance systems is inadequate, lacking relevance or compelling force. The arguments of mass demands, those focusing on nationalism, militarism and social Darwinism, it is argued, are insufficient, lacking indications of frequency, intensity, and process (how they influenced the various decisions). The work focuses on decision-making, on the choices made by small coteries, in Austria-Hungary, Germany, Russia, France, Britain and elsewhere. The decisions made later by leaders in Japan, the Ottoman Empire, Italy, the Balkans, and the United States are also explored. The final chapters review the 'basic causes' once again. An alternative position is advanced, one focused on elites and coteries, their backgrounds and training, and on their unique agendas.
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