Inhaltsangabe
1926. Barnes writes that this book is frankly what the title implies: an introduction to the study of the problem of the responsibility for the World War. It aims to present the subject as it now stands on the basis of the secret documents published since 1917 and of the monographic literature which has appeared in this same period, yzing and assessing the significance of this new documentary material. It is the purpose of the writer to arouse interest in the subject and to create a general conviction that there is here a major international problem, the nature and importance of which are scarcely realized by even the average educated American. If this primary purpose of the book is realized, it is hoped that it will serve a second function equally well, namely to act as a guide to the study of the more technical and voluminous literature which is now appearing on the subject of war guilt. The book takes an academic look at the causes of WWI.
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