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Honor, Deterrence, and Peace

Power Problems

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The Role of Honor in the War on Germany

The most common reason given by realists focuses on Germany's fear of rising Russian power. But Kaiser Wilhelm framed his role as being second to Franz Josef in a duel and had to behave to uphold his honor. So when you begin to look at it in these eyes it looks very different than realists who for the most part don't deal with the historical details. Theorize without knowledge of the case and do it from afar.

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