History

Question 1: Where does AJP Taylor locate the blame for the outbreak of the First World War? Is his argument convincing?

Question 2: Why was Fritz Fischer’s approach to the causes of the First World War so controversial? How does his approach differ from that of Taylor?

Question 3: How do Marxists understand historical progress? How can these ideas be applied to events in Russia in 1917?

Question 4: Was Lenin a good Marxist?

Question 5: What is fascism?

Question 6: What are the key similarities and differences between the ideologies of Italian fascism and German national socialism?