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An institutional explanation of the causes of W.W.I (sources: lectures, Doyle, Fromkin).

use this outline to write Institutional Explanations of WWI I. Plausible Causes.

an institutional explanation of the causes of W.W.I (sources: lectures, Doyle,
Fromkin).

use this outline to write
Institutional Explanations of WWI
I. Plausible Causes.
A. Regime Types
1. Warstate Manipulates Crisis for War (Germany)
B. Misperception (Information Failure)
1. Short-War Illusion (1890-1914)
C. Institutional Failure
1. Failure of the Better Bargain (Better than War)
2. Absent or Failed Institutions for International Conflict Resolution
D. Incomplete Information
1. Austria-Hungary, Russia, and the Problem of Deterrence and Bluffing

1. Did German Leaders Actively seek to cause or deepen July Crisis?
2. Did German Leaders manipulate Austria-Hungary or were they manipulated by “Blank Check” logic?
a. Only Major-Power Ally
3. Warstate or War-Starter?

Use reading resources only on here:
Fromkin, D. 2004. Europe’s Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? Knopf. (Entire)
https://books.google.com/books/about/Europe_s_Last_Summer.html?id=O_qSVMRCzwcC
https://books.google.ca/books?id=KLRuI2vrvQUC&hl=en

Doyle, M.W. 1997. Ways of War and Peace: Realism, Liberalism, and Socialism. Norton. (Sections)
https://books.google.com/books?id=yqyQQgAACAAJ&dq=Ways+of+War+and+Peace:+Realism,+Liberalism,+and+Socialism.+Norton.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAGoVChMIi6-yz960xwIVRJ2ACh2gDgI-

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