The Long Fuse

Download or read book The Long Fuse written by Laurence Lafore and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 1997-05-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In analyzing the causes of World War I without concern for the question of guilt, the author places emphasis on two central facts: first, that when statesmen and peoples took actions they knew might lead to war, they were not envisaging the catastrophe that the war became but rather a quick and limited war; and, second, that among the many conflicts that might have led to war, the one that did was the threat to the integrity of Austria-Hungary posed by Serbia and Serb nationalism.