I don't buy the current scholarly consensus holding the Kaiser mainly responsible for World War I. #confessyourunpopularopinion
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Is that still the consensus? Because he's virtually the least responsible for it.
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Replying to @FranklinH3000
Yeah, that's the dominant view right now, thanks largely to work of Franz Fischer & his students.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @FranklinH3000
Fischer thesis has gotten a heavy push back in scholarship,. Access to everyone's archives put a huge dent in idea.
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Replying to @StephanCooper30 @HeerJeet
That was my perception, too. I'd rank it Russia, France, Serbia, Austria, and then UK or Germany.
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Replying to @FranklinH3000 @StephanCooper30
If we had to make an ordering list, that's fair. But really, all sides bought into system of inter-imperial rivalry that caused war.
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