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The Origins of the First World War
Contemporary Review, July, 2004
The Origins of the First World War. Gordon Martel. Pearson Longman. [pounds sterling]9.99p.b. xix + 162 pages. ISBN 0-582-43804-7. As part of Longman's 'Seminar Studies in History' this book aims at bridging the gap between the latest specialist research and the general survey of a topic. In this book Prof.
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Martel divides his text into four areas: 'The Problem', 'The Great Powers to 1900', 'The European Crisis' and 'Assessment' after which the second half is devoted to documents. Rather surprisingly, Prof. Martel fails to mention that the gang of terrorists known as the 'Black Hand' were not just 'Serbian nationalists' who were 'sponsored' by the Belgrade Government: they were under the direct control of officers in the Serbian military establishment and were part of Serbian foreign policy. He also seems to subscribe to the surely questionable assumption that the Habsburg Monarchy was in terminal decline and underrates the desire amongst Austrian diplomats to use war (even without German support) to crush Serbian state terrorism. (R.K.H.)
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