If we’re talking about causes rather than conduct, I would recommend reading Christopher Clark’s The Sleepwalkers, which really changed my thinking on this question.
On your thoughts on Wonder Woman, you mentioned your view that it was the alliance-system that caused WWI. Does that mean you think that the Allies and Central Powers were both equally bad? I recently read 1914-1918 by D. Stevenson and I couldn’t help but come out of it feeling that while the Allies weren’t the ‘good guys’, the Central Powers were certainly the ‘worse’ side and that it was better that the Allies won. Or do you think the conduct of Allied generals negates any moral high ground?
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