Outbreak of the First World War (eBook, PDF)

Structure, Politics, and Decision-Making
Redaktion: Levy, Jack S.

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Produktbeschreibung

The First World War had profound consequences both for the evolution of the international system and for domestic political systems. How and why did the war start? Offering a unique interdisciplinary perspective, this volume brings together a distinguished group of diplomatic historians and international relations scholars to debate the causes of the war. Organized around several theoretically based questions, it shows how power, alliances, historical rivalries, militarism, nationalism, public opinion, internal politics, and powerful personalities shaped decision-making in each of the major countries in the lead up to war. The emphasis on the interplay of theory and history is a significant contribution to the dialogue between historians and political scientists, and will contribute to a better understanding of the war in both disciplines.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139899215
• Artikelnr.: 40613795

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Overview of Debates about the Causes of the First World War: 1.
Introduction: historians, political scientists, and the causes of the First
World War Jack S. Levy and John A. Vasquez; 2. July 1914 revisited and
revised: the erosion of the German paradigm Samuel R. Williamson, Jr; Part
II. Structure and Agency: 3. Strategic rivalries and complex causality in
1914 Karen Rasler and William R. Thompson; 4. 'A formidable factor in
European politics': views of Russia in 1914 T. G. Otte; Part III. The
Question of Preventive War: 5. Restraints on preventive war before 1914
William Mulligan; 6. The sources of preventive logic in German
decision-making in 1914 Jack S. Levy; 7. International relations theory and
the three great puzzles of the First World War Dale C. Copeland; 8. Was the
First World War a preventive war? Concepts, criteria, and evidence John A.
Vasquez; Part IV. The Role of the Other Powers: 9. War accepted but
unsought: Russia's growing militancy and the July Crisis, 1914 Ronald P.
Bobroff; 10. France's unreadiness for war in 1914 and its implications for
French decision-making in the July Crisis J. F. V. Keiger.