Editing Diplomatic history (section)

===Fischer debate on World War One===
At the same time, in 1961 when the German historian [[Fritz Fischer (historian)|Fritz Fischer]] published ''Griff nach der Weltmacht'', which established that Germany had caused the First World War led to the fierce "Fischer Controversy" that tore apart the West German historical profession.<ref name="ReferenceA">Matusumoto, Saho "Diplomatic History" pages 314-316 from ''The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing'' page 315.</ref> One result of Fischer's book was the rise in the ''Primat der Innenpolitik'' (Primacy of Domestic Politics) approach.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> As a result of the rise of the ''Primat der Innenpolitik'' school, diplomatic historians increasing started to pay attention to domestic politics.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> In the 1970s, the conservative German historian [[Andreas Hillgruber]], together with his close associate [[Klaus Hildebrand]], was involved in a very acrimonious debate with the leftish German historian [[Hans-Ulrich Wehler]] over the merits of the ''Primat der Aussenpolitik'' ("primacy of foreign politics") and ''Primat der Innenpolitik'' ("primacy of domestic politics") schools.<ref>[[Kershaw, Ian]] ''The Nazi Dictatorship'', London, Arnold, 2000, pp. 9-11.</ref> Hillgruber and Hildebrand made a case for the traditional ''Primat der Aussenpolitik'' approach to diplomatic history with the stress on examining the records of the relevant foreign ministry and studies of the foreign policy decision-making elite.<ref>Kershaw, Ian ''The Nazi Dictatorship'', London, Arnold, 2000, pp. 9-10.</ref> Wehler, who favored the ''Primat der Innenpolitik'' approach, for his part contended that diplomatic history should be treated as a sub-branch of [[social history]], calling for theoretically based research,  and argued that the real focus should be on the study of the society in question.<ref name="Kershaw">Kershaw (2000), pp. 9-10.</ref> Moreover, under the influence of the ''Primat der Innenpolitik'' approach, diplomatic historians in the 1960s, 70s and 80s start to borrow models from the social sciences.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>