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*[https://archive.org/details/diplomatichistor01pric ''The Diplomatic History of the War, including a diary of negotiations and events in the different capitals, the texts of the official documents of the various governments, the public speeches in the European Parliaments, an account of the military preparations of the countries concerned, and original matter''] by MP Price, first published November 1914 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
*[https://archive.org/details/secretwar19141910000tomp/page/n5 ''The Secret War, 1914-1918''] by Stuart Ramsay Tompkins 1981. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The book "is concerned with the extra-military attempts… to bring about an end to the hostilities" ([https://archive.org/details/secretwar19141910000tomp/page/9/mode/1up page 9]). The author had been a university Professor of History.
*''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/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.
