An Improbable War?: The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914 - Softcover

 
9780857453105: An Improbable War?: The Outbreak of World War I and European Political Culture before 1914
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0857453106 ISBN 13: 9780857453105
Verlag: Berghahn Books, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century." Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas about the war's causes, especially the notion of "inevitability."

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Holger Afflerbach specializes in 19th- and 20th- Century German history; international relations; military history, particularly World War I and World War II, as well as Austrian and Italian history and has written widely on these topics. He is Professor of Central European History at the University of Leeds.

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The First World War has been described as the "primordial catastrophe of the twentieth century." Arguably, Italian Fascism, German National Socialism and Soviet Leninism and Stalinism would not have emerged without the cultural and political shock of World War I. The question why this catastrophe happened therefore preoccupies historians to this day. The focus of this volume is not on the consequences, but rather on the connection between the Great War and the long 19th century, the short- and long-term causes of World War I. This approach results in the questioning of many received ideas about the war's causes, especially the notion of "inevitability."

"...outstanding scholarly analyses...These essays comprise a valuable addition to the never-ending debate on the causes of the Great War." · Stand To! The Journal of the Western Front Association "...vigorously and thoughtfully renews one of the great, enduring questions of twentieth-century European and world history. This is a landmark book that sums up the state of research and suggests fruitful possibilities for going forward." · German Studies Review

"The value of the book is in the chapters, all of which are thoughtful and well argued." · The International History Review

"Like any provocative book, this one forced me to rethink some of my historiographical assumptions." · Bryan Ganaway, College of Charleston

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Verlag
Berghahn Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0857453106
ISBN 13 
9780857453105
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
380
Herausgeber
Afflerbach Holger, Stevenson David
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