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The author surveys German public opinion and institutions during the outbreak and early months of the World War, tracing how competing press currents, government measures, and mass enthusiasm converged to produce mobilization and martial law. Chapters analyze contested responsibility for the conflict, the Austria–Serbia flashpoint, propaganda for annexation and the neutralization of Belgium, reports of atrocities, and the collapse of the Social Democratic opposition. Attention is given to intellectual and literary endorsements of the fighting, legalistic claims that necessity outweighs law, and wartime rituals that reinforced national unity, combining reportage, analysis, and documentary citation to explain Germany's wartime posture.
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