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Yes, j guess that's my point. Certainly individuals "could" have said or done anything. But politically, either personally or nationally, the outcomes were goi

Yes, j guess that's my point. Certainly individuals "could" have said or done anything. But politically, either personally or nationally, the outcomes were going in one direction. Russia has an alliance with Serbia. Not mobilising would have had significant international repercussions. Perhaps Germany could have removed the blank-cheque support for Austria. That may have de-escalated things, but may have left Germany unaligned, and thus vulnerable. Occasionally a domino doesn't fall, but all too often, if you set them up right, they do what they do best.

ffgjgf1 3y ago
> Russia has an alliance with Serbia. Not mobilising would have had significant international repercussions Russia was in no state to fight a war. They lost a war to a second tier global power and not so long and barely survived a major revolution (which was hardly over). Negotiating with Austria/Germany and forcing Serbia to give up the people responsible for the assassination would’ve been the only reasonable choice. Instead the tsar being the incompetent idiot (understatement that man was truly special…) that he was decided to sacrifice his entire family and million of Russians (not that he cared) and destroy the Russian state itself. Same might be said about the kaiser Wilhelm, but: 1. Germany actually stood a chance 2. Wasn’t on the brink of a complete political/social collapse like Russia at the time