The Cause of WW1

Many believe that the sole contributor to the outbreak of war, was when Gacrilo Princip assassinated the heir to the Austrio-hungarian throne, Archduke Ferdinand. However, I disagree with this hypothesis, and prepose that the war was caused by a number of complex and interwoven factors, which I will discuss throughout this essay. Before World War I, Europe experienced a period of peace. Throughout this time, there was rapid industrial and commercial changes happening all over …showed first 75 words of 1304 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1304 total…his wife were both shot dead by a Serbian nationalist at Sarajevo, Bosnia. I believe that that this incident was not the sole contributor to the outbreak of war, but rather a ¡§spark¡¨ that ignited the many tensions amassed over many years within central European countries. Bibliography „h Jamieson, K, World War I, Clearvue, Dallas TX, USA,1993. „h Heasley, M, The great crusaders, The Discovery channel/Crawford, Bethesda, MD, USA, 1194 „h Encarta 98, Microsoft Corporation, USA.,1997.