[Southack]

"What revisionism? I am quoting from a well-researched book by someone sympathetic to the Entente, which you do not address directly."

Don't be obtuse.

Not only did I address that "book," but I quoted the most authoritative figure of the Central Powers who was physically THERE AT THE TIME, Germany's Kaiser William II, to refute it.

"No excuse for war."

[annalex]

I quoted [...] Germany's Kaiser William II, to refute it.

In the Keegan excerpt I point out the moment when it might have appeared to the Kaiser that diplomacy won. It was not a sustainable position militarily, and he was ultimately convinced otherwise.