Which is the best book on the causes of the first world war?

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Ypres, 1917 … what to read on how it all began? Photograph: Frank Hurley/Getty Images Photograph: Frank Hurley/Getty Images

Following Michael Gove's political sniping, I'd like to know how accurate those "Blackadder myths" are. Which is the best book to read on the origins of the first world war?

Nick Hunter, Sheffield

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