© A.Savin Clark’s acclaimed book The Sleepwalkers was a 700-page analysis of the road to war from 1903 to 1914. Clark argues against the view that Germany was solely responsible for the conflict. He was appointed Regius Professor of History at Cambridge in the Autumn.

Further reading:Christopher Clark's profile at the University of CambridgeSome Damn Foolish ThingThomas Laquer reviews The Sleepwalkers.Stumbling Into World War I, Like 'Sleepwalkers' NPR interview with Clark on the origins of the First World War.