What Were the Long Term Causes of World War I? World War I is famously known for being caused by M.A.N.I.A, consisting of many aspects throughout European history leading up to the conflict such as Imperialism, Alliances, Militarism and concluding with Assassination, referring to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand as the final cause for World War I. Based on evidence throughout class discussion and online research throughout the subject matter, it is clear the two most primary reasons for World War I to begin included the fact that Militarism, also known as the armaments race throughout Europe caused mass competition throughout the superpowers. Alliances also caused for a great tension between nations, as the smallest act could create a large
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As an example, On Mr. Hendricks Global History Explorer, the Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers can be sided several ways towards the ideas of different preparation for international conflict. While Great Britain and Germany spent the same amount for their military power, Britain only spent thirteen percent of their income while Germany had to spend seventy-three percent to compete with the largest global superpower. While the idea of Germany spending such a great amount of wealth throughout the years preceding World War I come across as a hunger for war or conflict against other nations, most likely it can be the opposite. With Germany spending such a large amount on their defense system, it can be heavily inferred that they thought upon their lack of wealth and found necessary to prepare for this war that most individuals in power could see coming. As so, the armaments race was a primary reason for long term justification behind World War I, as most powers couldn’t tell the difference between preparation for the worst or hunger to do their worst to their …show more content…
In fact, according to Mr. Hendricks Global History Explorer, this very event caused several countries to declare war on each other, with many secret and well known alliances webbed about Europe. However, this reasoning is both incorrect and irrelevant to the subject matter. This topic question is based off of long term reasoning behind World War I, and this subject just seems to be the straw breaking the camel’s back, having the camel be Europe itself breaking under the weight of this “World War”. As this wasn’t a long term reasoning, it only was the reasoning for many countries to go to war after Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, causing a giant chain reaction throughout the European powers pulling all great nations into chaos, even with great planning for this war by almost all of the powers. Overall, with the assassination being the last event before the actual war beginning, it was not a strong reason and it was not a long term reasoning at
As an example, On Mr. Hendricks Global History Explorer, the Total Defense Expenditures for the Great Powers can be sided several ways towards the ideas of different preparation for international conflict. While Great Britain and Germany spent the same amount for their military power, Britain only spent thirteen percent of their income while Germany had to spend seventy-three percent to compete with the largest global superpower. While the idea of Germany spending such a great amount of wealth throughout the years preceding World War I come across as a hunger for war or conflict against other nations, most likely it can be the opposite. With Germany spending such a large amount on their defense system, it can be heavily inferred that they thought upon their lack of wealth and found necessary to prepare for this war that most individuals in power could see coming. As so, the armaments race was a primary reason for long term justification behind World War I, as most powers couldn’t tell the difference between preparation for the worst or hunger to do their worst to their …show more content…
In fact, according to Mr. Hendricks Global History Explorer, this very event caused several countries to declare war on each other, with many secret and well known alliances webbed about Europe. However, this reasoning is both incorrect and irrelevant to the subject matter. This topic question is based off of long term reasoning behind World War I, and this subject just seems to be the straw breaking the camel’s back, having the camel be Europe itself breaking under the weight of this “World War”. As this wasn’t a long term reasoning, it only was the reasoning for many countries to go to war after Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, causing a giant chain reaction throughout the European powers pulling all great nations into chaos, even with great planning for this war by almost all of the powers. Overall, with the assassination being the last event before the actual war beginning, it was not a strong reason and it was not a long term reasoning at