The Long Fuse: An Interpretation of the Origins of World War I

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In analyzing the causes of World War I without concern for the question of guilt the author places emphasis on two central facts: first that when statesmen and peoples took actions they knew might lead to war they were not envisaging the catastrophe that the war became but rather a quick and limited war; and second that among the many conflicts that might have led to war the one that did was the threat to the integrity of Austria-Hungary posed by Serbia and Serb nationalism. Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Williamson-Van Wyk July 1914: Soldiers Statesmen and the Coming of the Great WarA Documentary History (ISBN 9781478622864).