World War One at Home

Scholars examine the causes, the fighting, and the long aftermath of the Great War, from the July Crisis to its impact on Europe, the Middle East, and the rest of the world.

Søren Dosenrode

A compact history of the whole war written in 1919 by an Oxford historian, from the German invasion of Belgium to the Allied victory and the peace of Versailles.

A. F. Pollard

Speeches, letters, diaries, and war reports written by Americans who lived through World War I, from the 1914 outbreak to the fight over the League of Nations.

The Library of America

A classroom resource that explains the main causes of World War I: alliances, imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Includes maps and activities.

Jennifer McCormick

Keynes's famous attack on the Treaty of Versailles, written after he quit the peace conference in 1919. It explains why a harsh peace on Germany would ruin Europe's economy.

John Maynard Keynes