Causes of War

About the lecture

In this module, we think about the factors that led to the outbreak of the First World War, focusing in particular on the role played by Germany, but also by the Serbs, Russia, France and Britain.

About the lecturer

David Stevenson is the Stevenson Professor of International History at the London School of Economics. His main fields of interest lie in international relations in Europe during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the origins, course, and impact of the First World War. His publications include With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918 (2011), 1914-1918: the History of the First World War (2004), Armaments and the Coming of War: Europe, 1904-1914 (1996), The First World War and International Politics (Oxford University Press, 1988), and his most recent book, 1917: War, Peace, and Revolution (2017).