The limits of choice
July 1914 reconsidered
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6284556 |
|---|---|
| Authors | L L Farrar (University of Washington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1972 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 1972-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Conflict Resolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0027 • E-ISSN: 1552-8766 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002200277201600101 |
| OpenAlex | W2083154733 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 26 |
The discussion of the outbreak of World War I was a classic historical debate. It raised most historical questions. Not only academics but also politicians, journalists, and the educated public became involved. A considerable number of scholars made reputations debating it. It was probably the most burning historical question for the interwar generation and produced a vast quantity of original documents and secondary literature. But the great effort produced little agreement. This paradox seemed to make nonsense of history: the more men knew, the less they agreed. The debate seemed to demonstrate that history is nothing more than national propaganda, subjective prejudice, or intellectual exercise. This conclusion was partially justified since many participants sought immediate political objectives rather than historical objectivity. Indeed it was precisely those political implications of the debate, which attracted public attention, that virtually insured against objectivity. In this sense the debate tells us more about the interwar period than the prewar period. However much the participants genuinely sought to explain the prewar period, their disagreement was due largely to questions of interpretation, since the facts could be generally agreed upon after publication of the official documents. The debate is therefore understandable only if these interpretations are isolated. Competing Interpretations of the Crisis
Aesthetics · Economics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Interwar period · Nothing · Objectivity (philosophy · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · World War II · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Philosophy · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
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The Origins of the World War
The Illusion of Limited War
Cause, Surprise, and No Escape
"Individual differences in "definition of the situation
The Value of International Tension Measurement
The Element of Decision in the Pattern of War
The Kaiser, The Tsar, and The Computer
The Nature of the Non-Germanic Societies Under Habsburg Rule
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 1974 - 2019 (46) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |