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*[https://archive.org/details/originsofwar187100john ''The Origins of the War, 1871-1914''] by J Holland Rose, University of Cambridge. 1915 Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/genesisofwar00asquuoft/page/n9 ''The Genesis of the War''] by The Right Hon. H H Asquith, MP. 1923 Archive.org. The author was British Prime Minister at the outbreak of war, until 1916.
*[https://archive.org/details/originsofworldwa0000park/page/n7 ''The Origins of World War One''] by Roger Parkinson 1970. A volume in ''The Wayland Documentary History Series''. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/britainoriginsof0000stei/page/n5 ''Britain and the Origins of the First World War''] by Zara S Steiner 1977. Archive.org Lending Library. Part of the series ''The Making of the 20th Century''.
*[https://archive.org/details/originsoffirstwo00jame_0/page/n3 ''The Origins of the First World War''] by James Joll 2nd edition 1992, [https://archive.org/details/originsoffirst00joll/page/n5 1984 edition]. A volume in the series ''Origins of Modern Wars''. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/lionsofjuly00will ''The Lions of July : Prelude to War, 1914''] by William Jannen Jr. 1997 Archive.org Lending Library. The author "displays an outstanding mastery of the complex issues and an ability to make them interesting and understandable".<ref> [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ttQFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA292 Page 292] ''Longman Companion to the First World War: Europe 1914-1918'' by Colin Nicolson. Google Books</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/europeslastsumm00from ''Europe's last summer : who started the Great War in 1914?''] by David Fromkin 2004 Archive.org Lending Library
*[https://archive.org/details/cradleofwar00wood ''The Cradle of the War: The Near East and Pan-Germanism''] by Henry Charles Woods 1918 Archive.org
*''British Documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914'' edited by G.P. Gooch and Harold Temperley. HMSO 1926-1938. A series of publications in 11 volumes, 2 with 2 parts, 13 in total. [http://diplomatic-documents.org/editions/united-kingdom#80 Details] of the volumes. [https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments00grea Volume 1]; [https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments00grea_0 Volume 2]; [https://archive.org/details/britishdocuments00grea_1 Volume 3]; [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28British+documents+on+the+origins+of+the+war%29&sort=-publicdate Volumes 4-11] All Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027836802 ''The Craft Sinister; a diplomatico-political history of the Great War and its causes--diplomacy and international politics and diplomatists as seen at close range by an American newspaperman who served in Central Europe as war and political correspondent''] by George Abel Schreiner 1920 Archive.org
*''The Secret Treaties of Austria-Hungary, 1879-1914'' by Alfred Franzis Pribram, Professor of History in the University of Vienna. English edition by Archibald Cary Coolidge. Published 1920 and 1921.Translation of ''Die politischen Geheimverträge Österreich-Ungarns, 1879-1914''. [https://archive.org/details/secrettreatiesof01pribiala Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/cu31924063462646 Volume II] Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/lionsofjuly00will ''The Lions of July : Prelude to War, 1914''] by William Jannen Jr. 1997 Archive.org Lending Library. The author "displays an outstanding mastery of the complex issues and an ability to make them interesting and understandable".<ref> [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ttQFBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA292 Page 292] ''Longman Companion to the First World War: Europe 1914-1918'' by Colin Nicolson. Google Books</ref>
*[https://archive.org/details/gunsofaugust00tuch_gaq ''The Guns of August''] by Barbara Tuchman 1988. Archive.org Lending Library. A narrative of the earliest stages of World War I, from the decisions to go to war, up until the battles of the first month. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_August About the book] Wikipedia. Article [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/03/guns-of-august-barbara-tuchman "''The Guns of August'' showed me how history could bring the past to life"] by Margaret MacMillan ''The Guardian'' 4 August 2014.
*''Germany in Defeat. A Strategic History of the War'' by Count Charles de Souza. [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055250/page/n5 ''First Phase''] 3rd edition 1916. Joint author Major Haldane MacFall; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055268/page/n5 ''Second Phase''] 1916; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055276/page/n6 ''Third Phase''] 1916; [https://archive.org/details/cu31924088055284/page/n3 ''Fourth Phase''] 1919. All Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/greatmunitionfea00dewarich ''The Great Munition Feat, 1914-1918''] by George A B Dewar 1921 Archive.org.
:[https://archive.org/details/doingtheirbitwar00ewarrich ''Doing their Bit: War Work at Home''] by Boyd Cable 2nd impression 1916 (first printed 1916 also) Archive.org. Also see [[Western Front]] for works of fiction by this author.
:[https://archive.org/details/onhertheirlivesd0000wool/page/n3 ''On Her Their Lives Depend : Munitions Workers in the Great War''] by Angela Woollacott 1994. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.10161/page/n1230/mode/1up "Women’s War Work"] Page 1054, Volume 32 ''Encyclopaedia Britannica'' 12th edition 1922. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. For a stated transcription, or partial transcription, see External links above.
*[https://archive.org/details/helmetsbodyarmor00deanuoft ''Helmets and body armor in modern warfare''] by Bashford Dean 1920. [https://archive.org/details/metmuseum-Helmets_and_Body_Armor_in_Modern_Warfare Another file] (images differ in colour) Archive.org
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