Project Gutenberg 2004-01-01 Public domain in the USA. 169 University of Oxford. Faculty of Modern History Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised) Reading ease score: 58.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, David King, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Why We Are at War" by members of the Oxford Faculty of Modern History is a historical account written during the early 20th century, in the context of World War I. The text aims to dissect the causes behind the outbreak of the war, detailing the principles believed to be at stake, with a focus on the legal context of Belgium’s neutrality, the alliances formed in Europe, and the failures of diplomacy. The opening of the book presents an introduction and a preface emphasizing the objective of the authors, who, while not politicians, seek to provide a historical perspective on the war based on evidence and key documents. They specifically highlight the significance of Belgium's neutrality as established by various treaties and the impact of its violation by Germany. The authors outline the legal rights of Belgium as a sovereign state and underline the collective responsibilities of the Great Powers to uphold that neutrality, reflecting on the moral and ethical implications of the war. This portion sets the stage for a deeper exploration of the political and diplomatic landscape leading to the conflict, thereby establishing the groundwork for the arguments and analyses that will follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en World War, 1914-1918 D501 Text World War I Browsing: History - General Browsing: History - Warfare 518697 516028 2024-11-05T06:36:08.425380 2023-10-05T07:07:44.753340 text/html text/html 526763 2020-12-21T08:59:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 171289 2020-12-21T08:59:31 text/html application/zip 266647 2024-11-05T06:36:18.359301 application/epub+zip 275806 2024-11-05T06:36:12.310320 application/epub+zip 248397 2024-11-05T06:36:10.890327 application/epub+zip 580200 2024-11-05T06:36:22.860776 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 546937 2024-11-05T06:36:17.449286 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510277 2022-09-05T10:04:06.253800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 478069 477978 2024-11-05T06:36:07.123386 2023-10-05T07:07:43.634317 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 476876 2020-12-21T08:59:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 162637 2020-12-21T08:59:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 477002 2020-12-21T08:59:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161933 2020-12-21T08:59:31 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21098 2024-11-05T06:36:22.996743 application/rdf+xml 21199 2024-11-05T06:36:11.472319 image/jpeg 4626 2024-11-05T06:36:11.180309 image/jpeg 266391 2024-11-05T06:36:08.464323 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog