Bencsik Péter: Az első világháború okairól. In: Belvedere Meridionale, (27) 4. pp. 5-23. (2015)
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Abstract
After hundred years, the debate on the origins of the Great War is still intense and heated. Books dealing with this topic can fill a whole library. This short study tries to summarize the last twenty years of this debate, which is not really known to the Hungarian-speaking public. Hence, the author argues that one should differentiate between ‘sin’, ‘responsibility’ and ‘causes’. Another thing that we should understand as well is the difference between causes and causers. Both of them can be studied in the case of the first, localized war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia and in the case of the world war. Finally, there are also ‘superficial’ and deeper (viz. more complex) causes of the Great War. After hundred years of the outbreak of the war, historians still disagree even in the simplest question: was the war ‘accidental’ or, on the contrary, a result of a long international rivalry. The author examines the role of nationalism, imperialism, secret diplomacy, expansionism, mobilization, the Schlieffen-plan etc.; then summarises the deeper causes such as fear, the misunderstanding of the new international system and political changes, the disharmony of political and military leaders etc. After all, it seems that the outbreak of the war was a result of several different decisions. Most of them were aimed at avoiding war, but the overall effect of them was different. The most recent researches suggest that every country had its own responsibility in starting the war. It was not only Germany, but also Russia, Austria-Hungary and, to a lesser extent, France and Britain held some responsibility as well. The personal responsibility is much more disputable; however, it is certain that there were political and especially military leaders who committed ‘sins of omission’ or ‘sins of commission’.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Other title: | The causes of the Great War |
| Heading title: | Tanulmányok = Studies; Világháborútól világháborúig |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Belvedere Meridionale |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Volume: | 27 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Page Range: | pp. 5-23 |
| Language: | Hungarian, English |
| Publisher: | Belvedere Meridionale |
| Place of Publication: | Szeged |
| Related URLs: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/37381/ |
| DOI: | 10.14232/belv.2015.4.1 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Világháború - 1. |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 22-23. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.01. History and archaeology |
| Date Deposited: | 2016. Oct. 17. 10:36 |
| Last Modified: | 2025. Jul. 02. 14:27 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/36032 |
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