Article: The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective.(Review)

David Stevenson. The Outbreak of the First World War: 1914 in Perspective. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 72. Paper, $10.95; ISBN 0-312-16539-0. P.M.H. Bell. The Origins of the Second World War in Europe. London & New York: Longman, 1997. Second edition. Pp. xiii, 370. $15.96; ISBN 0-582-30470-9.

Explanations of why wars break out have become far more subtle than they were even a few generations ago. Theoretical works like Geoffrey Blainey's The Causes of War (3rd edition, 1988) and any number of detailed expositions on the genesis of specific wars use a whole new arsenal of theory and analysis to explain events.

The two books under review ...

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