Causes of World War I - Historiography

Historiography

During the period immediately following the end of hostilities, Anglo-American historians argued that Germany was solely responsible for the start of the war. However, academic work in the English-speaking world in the later 1920s and 1930s blamed participants more equally.

Since 1960, the tendency has been to reassert the guilt of Germany, e.g., "The Berlin War Party," although some historians have argued for shared guilt or pointed to the Entente.