Project Gutenberg 2013-12-25 Public domain in the USA. 161 Nock, Albert Jay 1870 1945 The Myth of a Guilty Nation Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Myth of a Guilty Nation" by Albert Jay Nock is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book aims to challenge the prevalent narrative that blamed the German government solely for the outbreak of World War I. Nock argues that responsibility was shared among multiple nations, primarily the major powers allied against Germany, and critiques the consequences of the Treaty of Versailles that was based on this assumption of singular guilt. The beginning of the book presents Nock's central thesis, asserting that the German government's share of guilt in the war is minimal compared to that of other nations. He emphasizes the impact of the Versailles Treaty, which he claims is indefensible because it rests on the flawed notion of Germany’s sole responsibility for the conflict. Nock outlines how this misattribution of blame has led to ongoing political and economic instability in Europe, adversely affecting global commerce and the relationship between the United States and Europe. He intends for the book to introduce readers to evidence of diplomatic failures and biases that have shaped modern perceptions of the war and its aftermath. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44508/44508-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 54.6 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes D501 Text Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) 163776 2025-08-18T05:01:50.224144 text/html 142707 2024-10-23T21:27:35 text/html 97732 2025-08-18T05:01:52.918120 application/epub+zip 99324 2025-08-18T05:01:50.682131 application/epub+zip 91480 2025-08-18T05:01:50.428164 application/epub+zip 165803 2025-08-18T05:01:54.909138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138048 2025-08-18T05:01:52.668200 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 130502 2022-09-20T09:44:42.271493 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146674 2025-08-18T05:01:50.021146 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 126733 2024-10-23T21:27:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16232 2025-08-18T05:01:55.039085 application/rdf+xml 9920 2025-08-18T05:01:50.500122 image/jpeg 1962 2025-08-18T05:01:50.465132 image/jpeg 90922 2025-08-18T05:01:50.241109 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia