The fourth and final author was Neill Ferguson. Ferguson's blames Great Britain for starting WW1 because they failed to truly state their intentions on war to Germany. Germany took a gambled when they offered Austria a “blank check” of war. Ferguson gives a diplomatic historians explanation of this gamble by Germany, by claiming that Germany didn’t believe that Russian troops would mobilize their army and that Germany offered this “blank check” solely to preserve their alliance with Austria. He gives military explanation of Germany’s actions by stating that Germany had to go fight the enemies now because Russia and France were gaining power. Contrary to most historians, Ferguson believes that Germany was not at fault for starting WW1