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This free course was written by Annika Mombauer, Vincent Trott and Stuart Mitchell and was first published in December 2023.

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Mombauer, A. (2002) The Origins of the First World War. Controversies and Consensus. Longman.

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Images

Session 1

Figure 1: Adrian Sherratt / Alamy Stock Photo

Figure 2: ***Imperial War Museum. © IWM (Art.IWM PST 2763). https://www.iwm.org.uk/ collections/ item/ object/ 14592

Figure 3: Unknown author / Digital image Lucius Castus; cropped by Emiya1980. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike Licence http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/ by-sa/ 3.0/

Figure 4: taken from https://de.m.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Datei:AnDasDeutscheVolkWilhelm1914.jpg

Figure 5: Popperfoto / Contributor / Getty Images

Figure 6: John Röhl

Figure 7: Courtesy of Annika Mombauer

Figures 8 and 12: Christopher Clark

Figure 9: Annika Mombauer (ed.), The origins of the First World War: Diplomatic and Military Documents, Manchester University Press, Manchester 2013, Doc. No. 120, pp. 192-193.

Figure 10: © Peter Brookes Cartoon, The Times ‘A Blanket Cheque for War’ The Times, Ref 459670

Figure 1: ***Imperial War Museum: © IWM Art.IWM PST 4470;

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Activity 3: ***Imperial War Museum: © IWM (Art.IWM PST 2763). https://www.iwm.org.uk/ collections/ item/ object/ 14592

Activity 5: Baumgarten, Eugen von/ Cornell University – PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography. Digital image: Historic Images / Alamy Stock Photo

Activity 6: ***Imperial War Museum: © IWM (Art.IWM PST 7194). https://www.iwm.org.uk/ collections/ item/ object/ 26583

Figure 5: Life Magazine; https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ File:Life_Magazine_February_10_1916.jpg

Figure 6: photo_beat_back_the_hun_with_liberty_bonds: Strothmann, F. (Frederick), b/ crediting UNT Libraries Rare Book and Texana Collections. © Everett Collection / Shutterstock

Figure 7: ***Imperial War Museum: © IWM Art.IWM PST 0235 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/25800

Text

Mombauer, A; extract from The Origins of the First World War: Controversies and Consensus, Longman 2002

Audio/Visual

Audio of John Röhl: The Open University

Audio of Annika Mombauer: The Open University

Audio of Christopher Clark: The Open University

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