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The late 19th century in Central Europe was largely the story of the decline of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the rise of the [[German Empire]], which was proclaimed in 1871 by [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm I]] and [[Chancellor]] [[Otto von Bismarck]] of [[Prussia]].
The late 19th century in Central Europe was largely the story of the decline of the [[Ottoman Empire]] and the rise of the [[German Empire]], which was proclaimed in 1871 by [[Kaiser]] [[Wilhelm I]] and [[Chancellor]] [[Otto von Bismarck]] of [[Prussia]].
==Further reading==
* Bakeless, John Edwin. ''The Economic Causes of Modern War: A Study of the Period: 1878-1918'' (1919) [http://books.google.com/books?id=5wgAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=toc&dq=intitle:war+date:1919-1921&num=30&as_brr=1&sig=LZcIMpEGmzqwkIldzuhfH5Muveg#PPR3,M1 online edition]
* Clements, Kendrick A. "Woodrow Wilson and World War I," ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 34:1 (2004). pp 62+. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5006516101 online edition]; [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-567650/Woodrow-Wilson-and-World-War.html excerpt online]
* Cramer, Kevin. "A World of Enemies: New Perspectives on German Military Culture and the Origins of the First World War," ''Central European History'' (2006), 39#2 pp 270-298 online at [[CJO]]
* Evans, R. J. W., and Hartmut Pogge Von Strandman, eds. ''The Coming of the First World War'' (1990), essays by scholars from both sides [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=22768266 online edition]
* Fay, Sidney. ''The Origins of the World War'' (1930); classic scholarly study; argues every nation shared guilt for starting the war [http://yamaguchy.netfirms.com/7897401/fay/origin_index.html online edition]
* Fromkin, David. ''Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914?'', (2004), ISBN 0375411569.
* Gilpin, Robert. ''War and Change in World Politics'' (1981) [http://www.amazon.com/Change-World-Politics-Robert-Gilpin/dp/0521273765/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206447559&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Hamilton, Richard F. and Holger H. Herwig, eds. ''The Origins of World War I,'' (2003) 553pp; 15 long essays by leading scholars; [http://www.amazon.com/Origins-World-War-I/dp/0521817358/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206447179&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
** Hamilton, Richard F. and Holger H. Herwig, eds. ''Decisions for War, 1914-1917'' (2004) ' a condensed version in 282pp
* Henig, Ruth ''The Origins of the First World War'' (2002) 76pp [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103326769 online edition]
* Hewitson, Mark. ''Germany and the Causes of the First World War'' (2004)
* Joll, James. ''The Origins of the First World War''. (3rd ed 2006).
* Kennedy, Paul M. (ed.). ''The War Plans of the Great Powers, 1880-1914.'' (1979)
* Kennedy, Paul M. ''The Rise of the Anglo-German Antagonism, 1860-1914'' (1981)
* Lee, Dwight E. ed. ''The Outbreak of the First World War: Who Was Responsible?'' (1958), readings from multiple points of view
* Lieber, Keir A. "The New History of World War I and What It Means for International Relations Theory." ''International Security'' (2007) 32:2, 155-191
* Link, Arthur S. ''Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive Era, 1910-1917'' (1972) standard political history of the era
* Maier, Charles S. "Wargames: 1914-1919" in Rabb T. and Rotberg R. (eds.), ''The Origins and Prevention of Major Wars'', (1989), 249-279
* May, Ernest R. ''The World War and American isolation, 1914-1917'' (1959[http://hdl.handle.net.proxy.cc.uic.edu/2027/heb.00283 online at ACLS e-books]
* Miller, Steven E. (ed.) ''Military Strategy and the Origins of the First World War: an International Security Reader'', (1985)
* Page, Thomas Nelson. ''Italy and the World War'' (1920) [http://books.google.com/books?id=9RUitonph38C&dq=intitle:world+intitle:war+date:1919-2007&num=30&as_brr=1 online edition]
* Ponting, Clive. ''Thirteen Days: Diplomacy and Disaster - The Countdown to the Great War'' (2002)
* Snyder, Jack L. ''The Ideology of the Offensive. Military Decision Making and the Disasters of 1914''. (1984), 267 pp. [http://www.amazon.com/Ideology-Offensive-Military-Decision-Disasters/dp/0801482445/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206447730&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Stevenson, David. ''The First World War and International Politics'' (2005)
* Van Evera, Stephen. ''Causes of War. Power and the Roots of Conflict''. (1998), chap.7, 193-239.
* Williamson, Samuel R. Jr. "The Origins of World War I" in Rabb T. and Rotberg R. (eds.), ''The Origins and Prevention of Major Wars'', (1989), 225-248.
* Williamson, Samuel R. ''The politics of grand strategy: Britain and France prepare for war, 1904-1914'' (1990) [http://www.historyebook.org/ online at ACLS e-books]
* Williamson Jr. Samuel R. and Ernest R. May. "An Identity of Opinion: Historians and July 1914," ''Journal of Modern History''(2007) Volume 79, Number 2, 335-87, historiography
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