1580 Germany's Aims in the First World War, by Fritz Fischer (read 31 July 1980) I have wanted to read this since I first saw it in 1968. It paints a pretty devastating picture of what Germany was aiming at, and what things would have been like if Germany had won the first world war. It was really fantastic: what Germany expected to allocate herself in victory! It would have a different world. Nor does the fact that Russia has such a dominant position now mean things'd've been different if Germany had won the first World War. After all, Germany supported the Bolsheviks for months after Nov. 1917. The book was typically heavy German, and much of it was heavy going. But I am glad I read it. ( )