Nationalism, Hysteria and Gavrilo Princip

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On June 28, 1914, a Bosnian nationalist terrorist, Gavrilo Princip, shot and killed Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo.This paper discusses the various causes of the First World War in 1914. In particular, it examines the relationships around Europe and the participant powers and how it affected the war.

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"Since the beginning of history, human emotions and sensibilities have been used and misused by nations and empires in war. Nationalism, ethnicity, and government systems have all been utilized as wedges to make the people of one country the moral superiors to another, to create the mindset to justify organized killing without remorse or feeling."

Sample of Sources Used:

• The War and the Churches, Joseph McCabe, 1915, Watts and Company, London
• Five Weeks, Jonathan Scott, 1927, The John Day Company, New York
• The Origins and Legacies of World War One, D.F. Fleming, 1968, Doubleday, Garden City, NY
• The Lions of July, William Jannen, 1996, Presidio Press, Novato, CA
• Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda, Lee Thompson, 1999, Kent State University Press, Kent, OH

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