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Published on the 70th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice, this book covers the events and decisions which directly precipitated the outbreak of the First World War in each of the main belligerent countries and assesses the role of public opinion and popular mood in determining and responding to the "July Crisis". Written by contributors who cover different aspects of the subject, this collection of essays provides a survey of the historiography of the immediate causes of the war, before and since the famous "Fischer controversy" over German responsibility; and new reflections on the character of the official and unofficial "mentalites" during the last weeks of peace.
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A collection of excellent essays ... incorporating the conclusions of the latest scholarship. (London Review of Books)
... full of fresh ideas and mostly elegantly and eloquently written. It fully justifies the editors" claim to have contributed something new and significant by concentrating ... upon the actual decisions of politicians and their immediate background in the public opinion and popular mood of those sultry July days. (English Historical Review)
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The origins of the first World War have created a heated debate and intensive controversy from the very beginning, in August 1914, until the present day. No other outbreak of the war has attracted the attention of so many historians, journalists, writers of memoirs, and military authors.
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