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Clark, C The Introduction, Clark illustrates the problems historians face when they seek to understand 17th July
Sleepwalkers, pages xxi-xxix the genesis of the First World War, including an over-supply of sources, 2020
How Europe problematic memoirs of statesmen and commanders, which are indispensable
Went to War to those trying to understand the cause of the war, and the significant gaps of
in 1914 pre-war knowledge due to verbal encounters between key actors not being
recorded. The First World War has been susceptible to a bewildering variety of
interpretations on the cause, due to the surviving sources offering a chaos of
promises, threats, plans and prognostications. Clark highlights the July Crisis
of 1914, examining the interactions between key-decision centres, bringing to
light the misunderstandings and how such crises can structure perceptions
and motivate behaviour.
, Mombauer, A http:// Mombauer explores the opposing debates on the origins of the First World 9th
The debate www.bl.uk/world- War, and whether it is possible for historians to arrive to a consensus. September
on the origins war-one/articles/ Mombauer discusses the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the need for a 2020
of World War the-debate-on-the- defensive war, the Treaty of Versailles, and the revisionist consensus. After
One origins-of-world- 100 years of debate, with every conceivable interpretation advanced, the
war-one current consensus of the cause of the war is ‘that there is no consensus’.
Joll, J The Pages 253-258 Joll investigates the controversies that have dominated German historical of 23rd
Foundations the 19th and 20th century during the last 15 years, which involve the September
of German continuation of German foreign policy from Wilhelm II to Hitler, and the 2020
Foreign Policy factors which determine foreign policy and the relation to domestic politics.
Joll delves into other historians’ own viewpoints on the strategies of German
foreign policy, and the work of Fritz Fischer. Joll suggests the large volume of
work on German foreign policy has created new ways into the approach of
traditional studies of diplomacy.
McMeekin, S Introduction, McMeekin suggests that most historians are in the shadow of Fritz Fischer, 7th
The Russian History from the massaging the same basic argument of German responsibility for the First October
Origins of the Deep Freeze World War. He states that scholars and general readings alike view the war as 2020
First World Germany’s, in which Russia plays a passive role. This is due to the gap in
War public knowledge of Russia’s war aims and the Russian Revolution. McMeekin
contends that the current consensus of the First World War cannot survive
serious scrutiny, and the war of 1914 was Russia’s even more than Germany,
using unpublished documents now available to the public. I decided not to use
McMeekin’s interpretation as I believe Germany bear the most burden for the
outbreak of the war, instead of Russia.
Mombauer, A Pages 231-240 Mombauer presents the historiographical impact of the Fischer controversy 17th July
The Fischer analysed within a comparative international framework. Mombauer explores 2020
Controversy the impact on West Germany, an insecure, exposed, and divided country on
50 years on the front line of the Cold War. Outside West Germany, historians focus on the
reception of the Fischer thesis in East German, to maintain links and distance
them-selves from the ‘Fischer School’ in Hamburg. Mombauer states only a
truly comparative approach can hope to provide a satisfactory explain on the
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