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After the assassination of the archduke in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, Austria got from Kaiser Wilhelm a "blank cheque" to punish Serbia. Germany would follow whatever course its ally chose to take. Austria chose war on Serbia. And World War I resulted. ...more
July 12, 2008
When the Great War comes, said old Bismarck, it will come out of "some damn fool thing in the Balkans." ...more
February 25, 2008
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