Yes Keith, I have given them before I will not give them again. Including of course one historian whose work you linked to yourself.

Actual issues:

1) WWI was an unnecessary war except from the viewpoint of the ruling classes on all sides, who were prepared to sacrifice the lives of millions of those they were supposed to represent in defence of their own territory and ego.

2) Millions joined up either out of desperation at the lack of alternative, or because they were taken in by the propoganda spread about how awful the other side were and would be if the war was lost.

3) The war could have been ended on at least two occasions, at the end of 1914 and at the end of 1916 if the ruling classes on both sides had been prepared to make territorial compromises.

4) Military commanders, if not actually incompetent on which there are differing views, were prepared to place the interests of the national governments above the welfare of those under their command.

Now, those are the issues, address them please.