America's Wars, Causes of

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  • World War, 1914-1918  Causes
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  • 1939 to 2018
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  • 1905 to 1939

Articles

For scholarly articles:

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  • "World War" 1914-1918  Causes
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  • ("world war I" OR "world war 1" OR "world war one") AND (cause* OR origin OR origins)
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For contemporary, pre-war ( 1905-1914 ) opinion & analysis:

In one or more of the recommended article databases

Do a "keyword" search for:

• names of countries and their foreign policy ("foreign relations") with each other.
  
  • ("united kingdom" OR "great britain" OR england OR english) AND ("foreign relations" OR foreign policy") AND german*
  • (france OR french) AND "foreign relations" OR foreign policy") AND german*German* AND ("foreign relations" OR foreign policy")
• Search for specific points of friction or events.
  • Serbia* AND (independence OR nation*)
  • (naval OR navy OR battleship*) AND (construct* OR supremacy OR superiority)
  • Tangier Crisis
  • Algeciras Conference

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  • 1905-1914
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