How Europe Went to War in 1914
How Europe Went to War in 1914
Author(s): Dušan KováčSubject(s): Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Between Berlin Congress and WW I
Published by: Historický ústav SAV
Keywords: First World War; Outbreak of war; War aims;
Summary/Abstract: The study is devoted to the question of the outbreak of war in August 1914. The author analyses the imperial aims of the individual great powers and their war aims. He takes a critical view of the attempts of some authors to transfer the blame for the war to all the participants. According to the author, having imperial aims and starting a war are two different things. The Central Powers played the key role in starting the war in the summer of 1914. Germany used various channels to put pressure on its ally Austria-Hungary to start the war quickly.
Journal: Historický časopis
- Issue Year: 64/2016
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 845-871
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English