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    The Causes of Wwi

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    The long-term causes 1. Colonial rivalry-competition for even bigger empires 2. Balkan nationalisim-the desire of the Slav peoples of this area to join those in the empire of Austria-Hungary 3. The arms race-competition for bigger armed forces and more armaments 4. The Anglo-German Naval Race 5. Kaiser Wilhelm II and German militarism 6. Alliance system-The Tripple Alliance and the Triple Entente The immediate cause of the war 1. The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand 2. Russia’s backing Serbia

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    she won. After Crimean War Russia had been more or less isolated by the other great powers‚ until mid 1860s when she made an alliance with Prussia‚ on the contrary Empire’s rivalry with Austria-Hungary had not disappeared‚ rather deepened over the Balkans. This complex relationship became the main obstacle in constructing the Three Emperors League in 1873. Though Russia understood that the league was her best chance to avoid Crimean Coalition revival‚ the Empire was not ready to

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    great war that we must learn about‚ but once we do‚ we soon find out that it was just a string of very small events that led to such a big and preventable war. The three biggest causes of WWI are the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ the Balkans‚ and Militarism. The leading cause of the beginning of WWI was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It happened in June 1914 by a group that went by the name of the Black Hand. With a failed first attempt to kill him and his wife they walked

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    the political aspects are imperative‚ because the trust and the stability of the political system is a very important factor for European Union to give the membership to Albania. “The problem for Albania and other applicant states in the Western Balkans region is twofold. First‚ attitudes to further enlargement have hardened. In short the environment in which enlargement is debated and framed has become much more brutal for all applicant states. EU conditionality penetrates deeper and deeper into

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    Causes of World War 1

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    THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR 1 World War 1 was fought between the allied and the central powers from 1914 to 1918. It was fought between the central powers consisted of Germany‚ Austria- Hungary‚ Turkey and Italy and the allies consisting of U.K ‚ France‚ Russia and U.S.A. The war in itself is considered a notable example of a total war as all the belligerents used every means of warfare including chemical warfare to try to win. The war ended with an allied victory after the armistice in 1918

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    states. That is not fair though‚ because Germany was not the only country to attack and be part of the war and it causes. There are many things that involved the other European powers‚ such as the alliance system‚ colonial rivalries‚ arms race‚ the balkans‚ and others too. It is true that Germany is to blame‚ but so are the other countries‚ such as britain. The alliance system was a major cause to World War 1 and led to the division of Europe that rose conflict and was an outbreak to war. After

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    July Crisis

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    its criminal activities. Austria-Hungary had posed that Serbia set investigation 1 Winson Chu‚ “The ’Spirit of 1914’: Enthusiasm and National Community?” (History 248 lecture‚ University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee‚ September 21‚ 2010). 2 “Germany’s Balkan Policy‚” printed as Document 24 in: Gordon Martel‚ The Origins of the First World War‚ 3rd ed (Harlow: Pearson Longman‚ 2003)‚ 101-2‚ here p. 112-113. 3 “War Enthusiasm‚ ‘The World War I Reader‚’ 2007‚” (accessed through E-Reserve‚ History 248‚ University

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    Humanitarian Intervention

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    Introduction- I would say that the perspective linking US strategic and economic interests to so-called ‘humanitarian interventions’ is a correct one. Following the Cold War‚ the US still maintained its designs for global hegemony. It had economic interests in many regions of the globe. The health of these interests mainly depended on accessibility and security for US investment in resource-rich areas. More importantly‚ in order to preserve the existence of NATO(which the US counted on in order

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    Alliances was a condition existing in Europe that led to the beginning of world war 1. Alliances was being thrown every which way to try and keep the country’s strong it was all about the power everyone for themselves was the thing going through all of these countries minds. To the point some of the countries was going behind each others back to benefit for themselves. Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy‚ was able to form the Triple Alliance. Germany and Austria-Hungary were actually already allies

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    Gavrilo Princip and the Black Hand showed them!! And his own countrymen detain him on behalf of the Hapsburgs? This is not how Serbians should treat our hero ’s. We must come together as a single Slavic nation to free our Slavic brothers throughout the Balkans‚ in Bosnia the Hapsburg directly rule the Slav ’s there. We must follow our Prime Minister of Serbia Nikola Pasic in our quest for freedom from the Great Powers of Europe. We as a Slavic country must also recognise the Russians as a powerful

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