Critical Comments
Tuchman mistakenly followed Fritz Fischer in thinking that the "Septemberprogramm" statement of Germany's war aims in September 1914 was actual policy, while most historians such as Raffael Scheck agree that it was a discussion document that was never formally adopted.
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