ABSTRACT
The war really originated in the psychological error with regard to Russia's non-intervention, for, starting from the false premises and that none of the Powers would interfere, all the consequences of the tragedy were bound to ensue. With the idea of frightening Russia, Austria and Germany assumed an arrogant bearing, while Russia, who wished to avert the war, proposed negotiations. The part shows that most people in France that Germany was looking for an excuse to make war upon the people, had taken advantage of the certain opportunity. This was the opinion expressed by a distinguished Academician in a work on The Lessons of the Yellow Book, and by two learned professors in a painstaking dissertation written in accordance with all the rules of the historical method and entitled Who Wanted the War?.
