"The First World War was the result of a badly mismanaged Balkan crisis in the summer of 1914 rather than the product of long-standing rivalries between the great powers."
Title: "The First World War was the result of a badly mismanaged Balkan crisis in the summer of 1914 rather than the product of long-standing rivalries between the great powers."
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 1766 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
"The First World War was the result of a badly mismanaged Balkan crisis in the summer of 1914 rather than the product of long-standing rivalries between the great powers."
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 1766 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
The First World War was believed to be caused by a number of reasons. Historians had many different viewpoints on the issue. Some believed that the war was caused from pre-existing tensions such as the alliance system whilst others thought that the events of July 1914 were the main problem and drove the key decision makers.
The Alliance system was formed by the great powers of Europe. The formation of the Triple Alliance began when the …showed first 75 words of 1766 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1766 total…behaviour. The mismanaged July crisis and the Balkan Crisis prompted Austria-Hungary to manage the assassination into an attack on Serbia. The alliance system could also have affected the result of the outcome of war due to change in nature of the alliances from defensive to offensive. Also the misunderstanding of the term 'mobilisation' was another factor. Therefore the result of the war could be the product of both long standing rivalries and the events of 1914.