causes of WW1
Mike Laskin AP European History Abbamonte An Analysis of the Causes of World War I All historians agree that there are many possible causes to World War I. ... The causes of the war range from the Alliance systems that predated the war which are stated in Neil Weiner’s thesis to the crises in Africa going on at the time, which are discussed in both John Hobson and Steven Ozment’s theses. All theories on the causes of the war provide significant and valid information, but together, they formulate a type of “super thesis” on the causes of World War I. ... Steven Ozment, a Mclean professor of ancient and modern history, discussed the issue of the various “isms” and their part of the causes of World War I . ... Another example of nationalism was the spark that ignited all of the other causes of World War I, the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austria-Hungarian throne. ... From what I have read regarding the theses I discussed above as well as other outside information, there were many causes of World War I. ... Together, all of these theses form a “super thesis” that I believe most accurately reflects the causes of World War I.