Helmuth von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War
Autor
Annika Mombauer (The Open University, Milton Keynes)
Focusing on Germany's Chief of Staff 1906-1914, this book offers a fresh analysis of the origins of the First World War. It gives a fundamental re-evaluation of the circumstances leading to the outbreak of war, showing Moltke for the first time to have been a persistent advocate of war.