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Russia And The Balkan Nexus
- Thomas777 reframes WWI origins: Russia and the Balkans shaped the crisis far more than simplistic 'German guilt'.
- He argues reactive balances, Russian power and Serbian dynamics produced the cascade to general war.
German 'Militarism' Is Overstated
- Thomas777 rejects the caricature of German militarism, noting Germany had not fought a major war for decades before 1914.
- He emphasizes structural, cultural and logistical limits made Germany less uniformly 'militaristic' than later narratives suggest.
Serbia's Internal Volatility
- Serbia's internal dynastic and political turmoil created a volatile, militarized officer class aligned with radical nationalists.
- That cadre made the region unusually prone to regicidal violence and destabilizing action.