Henig, The Origins Of The First World War, Herwig, The Outbreak Of World War I

Abstract

Who was responsible for the outbreak of war in Europe, during the summer of 1914? The question of accountability is still an absorbing one for scholars, despite the intervening decades . In fact, the old arguments over "war guilt" have taken on renewed significance in light of the current instability in the Balkans. Two recent books that address the events that led to World War I are The Origins of the First World War, by Ruth Henig. and The Outbreak of World War I, edited by Holger H. Herwig.