Social and Political Sciences
For empirical detail on World War I:
You are not expected to read all the books below – one or two will suffice. The
list of books on WWI and WWII provides a variety of historical accounts of these
conflicts which emphasise the importance of different empirical phenomena.
You may wish to use theory to engage in a critical manner with the causal
weight that an author/authors afford to particular variables.
Berghahn, V.R., Germany and the Approach of War in 1914, London 1973.
Bridge, F.R. & The Great Powers and the European States System, 1815-1914,
London
Clark, C. The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
Fischer, F., Germany’s Aims in the First World War, 1967.
Joll, J. The Origins of the First World War, London 1984.
Keiger, J.F.V., France and the Origins of the First World War, London 1983.
Kennedy, P. The Realities Behind Diplomacy, 1981.
Koch, H.W. (ed) The Origins of the First World, London 1984.
Lieven, D.C.B. Russia and the Origins of the First World War, London 1983.
Martel, Gordon, The Origins of the First World War, London 2002.
McDonough, F. The British Empire 1815-1914, London 1994.
Moses, A. The Politics of Illusion: The Fischer Controversy in German
Historiography, 1975.
Porter, A. European Imperialism, 1860-1914.
R. Bullen 1980.
Retallack, James, Germany in the Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II, London 1996.
Steiner, Zara, Britain and the Origins of the First World War, London 1977.
Stevenson, D. The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective, London
1997.
Stone, N., Europe Transformed, 1878-1919, London 2000
Wilson, Keith (ed.) Decisions for War, 1914, London 1995
