Historiography Sessions 1-8 Flashcards
1
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a. Sidney Fay (The Origins of the World War, 1928)
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structural factors and systems of alliance
2
Q
b. Fritz Fischer (Griff nach der Weltmacht – Grasp for World Power, 1961)
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Responsibility of Germany: Berlin wanted/needed war
3
Q
James Joll (1914: The Unspoken Assumptions, 1968)
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general belief in the inevitability of the conflict: patriotism exploited for domestic reasons
4
Q
Avner Offer (The First World War: an Agrarian Interpretation, 1989)
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Importance concept of honor for European elites
5
Q
Jeffrey Verhey ( The Spirit of 1914: Militarism, Myth and Mobilization in Germany, 2000)
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vs. myth of war enthusiasm (social/class difference)