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This 6 page essay discusses the content of a book by this same title -- one which closely examines the sociopolitical factors affecting the weeks and months subsequent to assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Ferdinand and other issues causing the outbreak of war all around the globe. No bibliographic information is available.
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look at the sociopolitical factros affecting the weeks and months subsequent to Ferdinands passing. The archduke had been murdered at Sarajevo, the capital of the Austrian province of Bosnia.
The assassin was Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian terrorist. Austria claimed that Serbian government officials also belonged to Princips group. For many years, Serbia and Austria-Hungary had been
unfriendly because Serbian patriots wanted to unite all Serbs into a single state. Serbs living in Austria-Hungary would be included. Austria-Hungary was strongly opposed to this.
Austria-Hungary now decided to use the assassination as an excuse to settle its quarrel with Serbia. It was backed by Germany. On July 23 of
that year, Austria presented a warlike ultimatum to Serbia, allowing only 48 hours for an answer. Serbia suggested that some of Austrias demands be referred to the other European powers.
Austria refused. On July 28 it declared war on Serbia. According to the book, all of the nations in Europe had been expecting war.
For many years rival groups of nations had been making treaties and alliances. Europe had been divided into two camps. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy were members of the Triple Alliance,
or Central Powers. Russia, France, and England formed the rival Triple Entente Powers. Later they were called the Allies. The Balkan States sided with Serbia and the Allies.
Serbias enemies were on the side of the Central Powers. These alliances were brought into action July 28 by Austrias declaration of war. Within just one week all of
Europe was at war and the world was becoming enthralled in the origins of what the book feels is the wolrld war mentality that has existed throughout a good portion
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