1. There was a discussion of resources for Marxist research into the origins of WW2 on Marxism-L in February, 2005. Read the February 2005 archives on "German Marxist Historiography" at
http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism/ 2. For WW1 I recommend starting with the depressing, sad, chronicle of Karl Liebknecht's attempt against approving the War Credits in 1914. If you are unfamiliar with the history of this event start with the Karl Liebknecht archive at Marxists.Org at http://www.marxists.org/archive/liebknecht-k/index.htm Also Google "War Credits SPD Liebknecht" and you will find a great deal more. I found James Joll's "The origins of the First World War" to be very useful in focusing both on the cultural influences and on the urge for "empire growth". Joll forces the startling, surprising realization that for the majority of decision makers in Germany the borders surrounding its territory were totally ephemeral freaks of chance historical nature - the only thing "fixed" on their maps were the courses of rivers and the borders of seas. - Bill Walt Byars wrote:
What are some good Marxist books or articles on the origins of ww1 and ww2? For the former, isn't the idea that the LTRPF caused capitalist nations to need to have foreign markets. However, they would rather have exclusive trading relations with other nations, so they entered into colonial relations with other ocuntries rather than neoliberal free trade or what ever. And then the cpaitalist nations fought amongst themselves over who would have which colonies? I have no idea about Marxist discussions of ww2's origins, although I do know a bit about the rise of fascism.
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