Nationalism is where countries have so much pride in themselves that if they were insulted they would not back down, this would cause a world war because it created tensions between countries. It created competition between countries "to be the best country" and gave many Europeans a sense of pride in themselves and their …show more content…
In order to have one it has to be drilled into their minds that fighting war is good from a young age. One example of militarism would be in first grade when the kids would go school and have to march and would sing songs that went along with march. Another example would be when the young boys would go to school and be "brainwashed" with telling them that fighting for your country is great and that's what you should do when your done with school because you do not want to let your country down.
Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism are the three main causes to WWI. While these were the main causes, the direct cause was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Instead of being “the war to end all wars” it really was the war to start all wars. The nationalistic pride in all the countries caused them to not back down from a fight. Imperialism was a race to get more land, creating tensions. And militarism built up the armies and glorified war. There are many causes of World War 1, but these three were the most direct root causes for this Great