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This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of the causes of World War I. A variety of documents attest to a multinational perspective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the worlds nations and political powers, are often contested among students of history, with "blame" being assigned to one power or another. In reality, the complex geopolitical circumstances of the
first World War show that a confluence of immediate situational causes as well as long-term underlying causes were to blame (Document 1). Significantly, these causes were the "fault" of virtually
every major power involved in the conflict. For instance, Serbia can be held accountable for some aspect of the conflict by virtue of the fact that Nicholas Pashitch, the premier
of the country, knew about the plot to assassinate Archduke Ferdinand well in advance and did nothing to stop it (Document 2 - Serbia; Document 3 - Serbia). Moreover, Austria
can be considered to be accountable to some extent as well, due to the fact that when Austria realized it had the implicit backing of Germany, due to long-standing treaties,
it did not hesitate to mobilize against Serbia following a lack of Serbian compliance in apprehending and prosecuting Ferdinands assassins (Document 2 - Austria - Hungary). For Germanys part, it
did make efforts to forestall conflict as long as possible, but its support of an alliance with Austria, considered essential to oppose a growth of Russian power throughout Europe, made
Austrias advance against Serbia materially possible (Document 2 - Germany; Document 3 - Germany; Document 4 - Germany). In this sense, all of the major powers involved in the opening
stages of the War have equal complicity. 2. Do you agree with Fays analysis of individual responsibilities? Why or why not? Fays analysis of the causes of
World War I is built upon a doctrine of "individual responsibilities" which holds that each of the major powers involved had a share in the responsibility of beginning and escalating
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