HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Blank Cheque, Euro War, Industrial Revolution
27 Jul 2018
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Wwi was not an accident or inevitable nor was it the sole result of structural or long term factors factors shaped the conflict. Leaders of the great powers of europe chose to go to war in 1914 because they believed it was the best alternative. War wasn"t unthinkable or last choice, it"s an option in 1914. Assassination of austrian archduke franz ferdinand at sarajevo happened, it started a diplomatic crisis in july 1914 they didn"t think war would be the result. Alliance system prevented major war break outs for regional conflicts in the balkan region since 1908. Created by otto von bismarck in the aftermaths of the wars that he had helped engineer to unify germany. Unified germany upset the fragile balance of power within europe. Ensure that new germany would be secure from revenge; particularly from france who they defeated. Argued that in a euro international system dominated by germany, france,
