Fay, Sidney Bradshaw

The Origins of the World War [vol. I]: Before Sarajevo: Underlying Causes of the War

New York: Macmillan Co., 1930. Hardcover. Copyright 1928; reissued July 1930. Vol. 1 only: xvii, [5], 551 pages, frontispiece portrait of Sir Edward Grey and 7 leaves of plates; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Former owner's name and address stamped on front fixed endpaper: Richard H. Bauer, Washington, D.C. An important early revisionist history of the causes of the First World War. The author rejected the idea that Germany had caused the war and delineated his conception of the five primary causes of the war: the system of secret alliances; militarism; nationalism; economic imperialism; and the newspaper press. In Very Good- Condition: ends of spine are frayed; cover is slightly soiled; corners are lightly rubbed; pencil underlining and marginal marks on a few pages; otherwise, clean and solid. Very Good -. Item #011360

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