I would say myself that if the germans had not gone into belgium, i would find it very difficult to say. I am driven back again and again to the fact that whatever one says about britain's position in 19 14, any suggestion there were warmongers who were eager to fight is wrong. Nobody in britain ever said anything remotely resembling that in the years leading up to 19 14. In many s the most advanced society in europe, germany was cursed by this extraordinarily disfunctional system of government. And one point that hasn't been made so far, that does deserve e is quite a lot of the people around the kaiser believed they could