This was a textbook for a college course on the War. Quite even handed on the war guilt question, and the bibliography is useful to the student. My copy was the 1972 edition. ( )

Good book; well written. Not too much new regarding 'the origins of the First World War'. However......what I did find interesting and new in this work is the emphasis on Austria-Hungary in reviewing the origins of the war. The author goes back to the German Wars for Unification to lay out how AH was starting to loose its status as a Great Power. He argues quite adequately how the efforts of AH to maintain status had a large contribution in starting the war. I won't say any more other than this. If you want a different view on the early origins of the war, read this book. It will be worth you time. ( )