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The War No One Wanted: Why WWI Happened Despite Every Power Trying to Avoid It
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- The July Crisis (1914): 37 days from Franz Ferdinand's assassination to pan-European war — the fastest escalation to world war in history - The mobilization trap: once any power mobilized, rivals faced "mobilize or lose" — military timetables overrode diplomatic options - The Schlieffen Plan's rigidity: Germany had only one war plan, requiring invasion of France through Belgium regardless of what triggered the conflict - Historiography debate: Christopher Clark's "sleepwalkers" (leaders stumbled in) vs. Fischer's German war guilt — both partially capture different dimensions of the truth
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