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The Origins of the Second World War was received negatively by some quarters when it was published in 1961.
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The Origins of the Second World War, Manchester University Press: Manchester, United Kingdom, 2001 ISBN 0719059585.
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As the British historian A. J. P. Taylor noted in his 1963 foreword " Second Thoughts " to his 1961 book The Origins of the Second World War:
In 1964, when Oxford refused to renew his term as lecturer in the aftermath of the controversy occasioned by The Origins of the Second World War, he became a lecturer at the Institute of Historical Research in London, University College London, and the Polytechnic of North London.
In 1961, he published his most controversial book, The Origins of the Second World War, which earned him a reputation as a revisionist.
In 1965 he rebounded from the controversy surrounding The Origins of the Second World War with the spectacular success of his book English History 1914 – 1945, his only venture into social and cultural history, where he offered a loving, affectionate portrayal of the years between 1914 and 1945.
Trevor-Roper said " I'm afraid that your book The Origins of the Second World War may damage your reputation as a historian ", to which Taylor replied " Your criticism of me would damage your reputation as a historian, if you had one.
Other historians who criticised The Origins of the Second World War included ; Isaac Deutscher, Louis Morton, Barbara Tuchman, Ian Morrow, Gerhard Weinberg, G. F. Hudson, Elizabeth Wiskemann, W. N.
As angry as the reaction in Britain was to The Origins of the Second World War, it was greater when the book was published in January 1962 in the United States.
Despite the criticism, The Origins of the Second World War is regarded as a watershed in the historiography of the origins of the Second World War.
* Dray, William, Concepts of Causation in A. J. P. Taylor's Account of the Origins of the Second World War pages 149 – 172 from History and Theory, Volume 17, Issue # 1, 1978.
Taylor and the Origins of the Second World War " pages 257 – 280 from Canadian Journal of History, Volume 32, Issue # 2, 1996.
* Louis, William ( editor ) The Origins of the Second World War: A. J. P Taylor And His Critics, New York: Wiley & Sons, 1972.
* Robertson, Esmonde ( editor ) The Origins of the Second World War: Historical Interpretations, London: Macmillan, 1971.
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When Taylor offered a picture of Hitler similar to Bullock's in his 1961 book The Origins of the Second World War, the same debate continued, very publicly, between Taylor and Trevor-Roper.
The British historian A. J. P. Taylor's 1961 book The Origins of the Second World War claimed that Hitler had no master-plan for conquering the world and was instead an opportunistic leader seizing whatever chances he had for expansionism, and that the war that started over Poland in 1939 was due to diplomatic miscalculation on the part of the Germans, the British, the French and the Poles instead of being a case of German aggression.
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