In your essay, discuss the underlying causes of the war as understood by these scholars, and articulate your own view on which historian’s interpretation you find most compelling and why.

• Writing Structure based on 

Thesis:

Counterclaim

Claim

Reasons

Evidence and Reasoning 1

（Evidence How it supports your claim)

Evidence and Reasoning 2

（Evidence How it supports your claim)

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Conclusion

• For the following question, please write a strong introduction paragraph with a clear thesis statement. Also, include at least one body paragraph that supports the introduction.
• To cite information from Document …, use the phrase.” according to Document A….” No need to use other complex phrases. Thank you! 🙂
• Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of the documents and your knowledge of the time period addressed in the question.(High scores will be earned only by essays that both cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on outside knowledge of the period.)

Question: Analyze the different interpretations of the causes of World War I as presented by Fritz Fischer, Christopher Clark, and Margaret MacMillan. How do these historians’ views on Germany’s ambitions, systemic failures, and the inevitability of the war compare? In your essay, discuss the underlying causes of the war as understood by these scholars, and articulate your own view on which historian’s interpretation you find most compelling and why.