Historiography of WWI

​Names of Historical Interpretaitons

​1. The early intentionalists

​2. German perspectives

• War Guilt Section​

• Harry Elmer Barnes​

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​3. the structuralists

​4. Biographical accounts

5. The interwar consensus​

• The Fischer thesis​

• Marxist perspectives​

​Historical interpretations of WWI

1. Political historians have researched and theorized about the causes, effects and management of the war​.

2. Military historians have examined the strategies, tactics and methodologies used on the war’s many fronts and battlefields.​

3. Social historians have investigated how the war affected ordinary people and changed social roles, values and attitudes.​

4. Economic historians have explored how the war affected government policy, national economies, personal wealth, trade, commerce and finance.​