The German White Book

[2] The book contained extracts of diplomatic material intended to portray the war's cause as defensive on the part of Germany.

A second White Book, "The conduct of the Belgian People's War in violation of international law" [b][3] was published on 10 May 1915 in response to the Bryce committee report into German atrocities in Belgium, though it was already in preparation eight months earlier.

This book featured manipulated testimony intended to show that German actions were the result of Belgian guerilla warfare.

[8] The 1914 book comprised two sections: and an Appendix with communications between Prince Lichnowsky and Sir Edward Grey.

In a report for the parliamentary investigative committee on the question of Germany's guilt in triggering World War I, Hermann Kantorowicz examined the White Book and reported that about 75 percent of the documents presented in it were falsified, with the goal of denying Germany's responsibility for the outbreak of World War I.