tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post6007352834584364476..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The 100-Year Debate on the Origins of World War Onesnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-73364739932311647532016-01-17T00:03:44.702-08:002016-01-17T00:03:44.702-08:00While there were many events of varying importance...While there were many events of varying importance that lead up to the Great War, clearly the German invasion of Belgium on 4 August 1914 started the WAR. From there it is simply historical speculation on HOW the war started. But what I find most interesting is why national interest prevented a just and lasting peace to stop the war from reigniting in 1939. In that, I think the victors wanted tooDavid John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-90000854452648136722015-12-28T13:17:04.528-08:002015-12-28T13:17:04.528-08:00Emperor Franz Josef ordered Arch Duke to Franz Fer...Emperor Franz Josef ordered Arch Duke to Franz Ferdinand to Sarajevo to observe Austrian troops there. The Emperor made certain that Security was at a minimum. He managed to hired the Black Hand to do the assassination. The Emperor had told Wilhelm that the plan would bring Servia into a war which Franz Josefs' generals it would much needed.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11356498224781997165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-11068077078233510172015-12-21T16:44:16.764-08:002015-12-21T16:44:16.764-08:00When asking who started the war, and why, it might...When asking who started the war, and why, it might be appropriate to ask when it started and who the players were.<br />1911: Italy invades Libya, provoking war with the Ottomans (Turkey).<br />1912: Russia, with eyes on Constantinople (Czarograd), encourages the Balkan states to fight for their independence from Turkey. Bulgaria gets within 25 miles of Constantinople.<br />1913: The newly esbuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850870210314430078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-80350822922884804722015-12-15T15:30:21.285-08:002015-12-15T15:30:21.285-08:00Why was Franz Joseph provoked into declaring war? ...Why was Franz Joseph provoked into declaring war? He'd had many such tragedies in his long life. Was it that, at long last, one too many Habsburgs had been killed? Edmond Taylor discusses the question of War Guilt admirably in his 1963 work The Fall of the Dynasties, an excellent analysis of the outbreak of the war.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569175249488616541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-32293971266151539292015-12-15T05:55:53.846-08:002015-12-15T05:55:53.846-08:00There's a great one-stop-shopping book on the ...There's a great one-stop-shopping book on the causes and responsibilities of WWI that was part of a collections of textbooks called "Problems in European Civilization Series" titled "The Outbreak of World War I" . . . Sixth Edition by Holger H. Herwig, c.1997. It's 165 pages long and filled with a number of journal articles by historians and theorists as to what mayJoseph Horvathhttp://pamilmuseum.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-38923848034737392562015-12-12T15:51:39.762-08:002015-12-12T15:51:39.762-08:00Excellent article. I plan to use it as a discussi...Excellent article. I plan to use it as a discussion starter in my World History class. Clark Shillinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643842847976162539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-62255868059268804952015-12-12T14:51:04.700-08:002015-12-12T14:51:04.700-08:00excellent & thought-provoking article.excellent & thought-provoking article.CyrilMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02741281055451495599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-90109246135312121012015-12-12T14:02:39.819-08:002015-12-12T14:02:39.819-08:00Remarkable discussion. It is absolutely amazing t...Remarkable discussion. It is absolutely amazing to me that after a century th debate rages among academicians and others. Failure to recognize that ech and every position taken in this debate reflects the biases and antipathies of those seeking to gore another side. <br /> The same juxtaposition of views can be advanced for warfare since time immemorial and well into the future. <br /> Sergio Lugohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17753759762851221768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-74492785768777299732015-12-12T10:49:57.343-08:002015-12-12T10:49:57.343-08:00OK, I'll bite: it was the cigarette-making mac...OK, I'll bite: it was the cigarette-making machine. This is obvious to all.<br /><br />Issue resolved.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15932318362316798388noreply@blogger.com