The Genesis of the War (1923) – H. H. Asquith’s Account of Britain’s Role in the Origins of World War I
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The Genesis of the War (1923) – H. H. Asquith’s Account of Britain’s Role in the Origins of World War I
Author: H. H. Asquith
Year: 1923
Asquith, H. H. The Genesis of The War . London: Cassell and Co., 1923. Contextual Background H. H. Asquith’s The Genesis of the War was published in 1923, five years after the end of World War I, during a period of intense reflection and debate about the causes of the conflict. Asquith had served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916, including during the critical years leading up to and at the outset of the war. In this work, Asquith seeks to offer a clear, authoritative British perspective on the origins of the First World War, especially concerning the diplomacy, alliances, and decisions that led to the outbreak of hostilities in 1914. Rather than a memoir or war chronicle, the book aims to present a political and diplomatic history, focusing on the pre-war period and Britain's role in European affairs. Asquith distances himself from post-war negotiations and instead concentrates on the underlying tensions—military, diplomatic, and imperial—that culminated in the war. The impetus for writing the book, he explains in the preface, was partly the publication of the ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II’s Memoirs , which he felt necessitated a British response grounded in firstha
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