America's Wars, Causes of

Books, Videos, etc.

For books, etc. held by Notre Dame analyzing the causes of World War II use:

• ND Catalog
• Advanced Search
• Subject
• Is (exact)
• and enter: 
  • world war 1930-1945 causes

Articles

For scholarly articles:

• In one or more of the recommended article databases
• Do a "keyword" search for:
  • ("world war 1939-1945" OR "world war two" OR "world war II" OR "world war 2") AND (cause* OR origin OR origins)
• If retrieval is too great or too small,
  • limit search terms to title, subject or abstract,
  • adjust search by adding or removing or modifying search terms, and/or
  • limiting search results to "peer reviewed" or "refereed" articles.

For contemporary, pre-war ( 1918-1939 ) 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")
  • (poland or polish) AND ("foreign relations" OR foreign policy")
  • japan* AND ("foreign relations" OR foreign policy")
• OR
• Specific points of friction or events.
  • "Washington Naval Conference" OR "Four-Power Treaty" OR ("Five-Power Treaty" OR "Washington Naval Treaty") OR "Nine-Power Treaty"
  • OR
  • (naval OR navy OR battleship*) AND (construct* OR supremacy OR superiority)
• Limit results to:     
  • 1918-1939
• If retrieval is too great or too small,
  • limit search terms to title, subject or abstract,
  • adjust search by adding or removing or modifying search terms

 For Post-World War II opinion & analysis: 

In one or more of the recommended article databases

• Do a "keyword" search for:
  • ("world war 1939-1945" OR "world war two" OR "world war II") AND (cause* OR origin OR origins)
• Limit results to:
  • 1945-2018
• If retrieval is too great or too small,
  • limit search terms to title, subject or abstract,
  • adjust search by adding or removing or modifying search terms