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Ferdinand was the guy who kept convincing the emperor to stay out of war. Violence has a strong tendency to seem more like a good idea than it actually is.
by emiliobumachar 7y ago
Ferdinand was the guy who kept convincing the emperor to stay out of war.
Violence has a strong tendency to seem more like a good idea than it actually is.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoMy understanding is that mutual defence pacts meant that in theory various countries "had" to go to war to defend Austria-Hungary after the assassination (and similarly to oppose them). It was pretty tongue-in-cheek, but I was saying from that point the Royals involved could have solved things without having a World war. Edward and Wilhelm could probably just have been spanked by their nannies and sent to bed without any supper. I'm not well versed on it but WWI always seems to me like a duel in which the factions chose 'millions of other lives' instead of swords or pistols.