The book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the war. Annika mombauers the origins of the first world war is a good. She has written a book on the july crisis for the beck verlag, germany. Having been blamed for causing the war, it was here that most effort was expended to counter such allegations. This copy has a tear in spine from shipping not affecting interior 592pp annika mombauer s essential source reader translates, crossreferences and annotates a vast range of international diplomatic and military documents on the origins of the first world war. In this innovative book, annika mombauer explains why the search for an explanation of the outbreak of the war has been both obsessive and challenging, and why it remains difficult to establish the precise reason for war breaking. The fischer controversy, documents, and the truth about the origins of the first world war. The debate on the origins of world war one the british. Annika mombauer is lecturer in european history, the open university. Then, parallel to the fighting on the battlefields, there was a war of the colour books, official diplomatic documents, specially selectedand. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the origins of the first world war. The origins of the first world war have occupied us for decades. In this innovative book, annika mombauer explains why the search for an explanation of the outbreak of the war has been both obsessive and challenging, and why it remains. Historiography of the causes of world war i wikipedia.
Germany necessarily occupies a central part in this account. May 28, 20 annika mombauer s document collection will be essential reading for students of the origins of the first world war. Mombauer has trawled the archives for new and unfamiliar texts that shed fresh light on the events that brought war to europe in 1914. Davidson on mombauer, the origins of the first world war. Mar 22, 2002 as the full title suggests, annika mombauers book covers the controversies and consensus surrounding the origins of the first world war. The origins of the first world war are a particularly telling example of the connection between historywriting and contemporary political concerns, as this book demonstrates. As the full title suggests, annika mombauer s book covers the controversies and consensus surrounding the origins of the first world war. Annika mombauer s research interests are in nineteenth and twentiethcentury european history, in particular imperial germany and the origins of the first world war, in the history of the first world war and in its historiography. The fischer controversy, documents and the truth about the. The origins of the first world war the seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy. Feb 05, 20 annika mombauer s essential source reader translates, crossreferences and annotates a vast range of international diplomatic and military documents on the origins of the first world war.
Mombauer was a contributor to max hastings documentary about the causes of world war i, the necessary war, broadcast by bbc 2 in february 2014. Thus, it was that, not so long ago, much of the writing on this issue focused on the cultural factors that, it is said, predisposed the people of europe to. The seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have. Designed as a text primarily for undergraduate students. The debate on the origins of world war one the british library. This book explains why the search for an explanation of the outbreak of the war has been both.
Mombauer wrote her book within the context of a movement of historians promoted by the establishment and mainstream media, mostly in the angloamerican world, who, around the turn of the millennium, when angloamerican triumphalism and neoimperialism were rife, seemed set on fixing on germany the blame not only for the second world war but also for the first. Controversies and consensus making history 1 by mombauer, annika isbn. Based largely on previously unknown primary sources, it analyses the general staffs role in military decisionmaking and moltkes relationship with kaiser wilhelm ii, as well as the genesis of the schlieffen plan and germanys military and political reactions to the many prewar. The governments of great britain, france, russia, germany, and austria hungary. Annika mombauer opening with an overview of the events that led to the outbreak of war in 1914, followed by an analysis highlighting the debate during and immediately after the war, the author also covers. The book is essential reading for students of modern europe, germany, and the first world war because it moves the debate on the origins of the war to a new plane from national to individual responsibility, with moltke.
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She is a senior lecturer in modern european history in the history department at the open university in great. Controversies and consensus making history kindle edition by mombauer, annika. Annika mombauer is senior lecturer in modern history at the open university, milton keynes. It collects together documents which are newly discovered or were not previously available in english, drawn from a broad range of sources and countries into. Jan 29, 2014 annika mombauer is senior lecturer in modern history at the open university, milton keynes.
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