Most of the countries involved in the outbreak of World War I later published collections of diplomatic documents that were intended to lay the blame for the start of the war on some other country. Here are the most important collections.
- Die Österreichisch-Ungarischen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch (Austro-Hungarian Documents on the Outbreak of War, 1 July 1914 - 27 August 1914)
- The Austro-Hungarian Red Book (Diplomatic Documents leading to World War I, 1914; English translations)
- The Belgian Grey Book (Diplomatic Correspondence Respecting the War, July 24 - August 29, 1914; English translations)
- British Documents on the Origins of the War, 1898-1914, edited by Ed. by G. P. Gooch, D. Litt and Harold Temperley
- The German White Book (Germany's Reasons for War with Russia)
- The French Yellow Book (1913-1914; English translations)
- The Russian Orange Book, 1914 (Documents Respecting the Negotiations Preceding the War, Published by the Russian Government; English translations)
- The Serbian Blue Book
- There are other documents in the World War I Document Archive, 1914