World War I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...prevailed almost until the onset of the war, an optimism stimulated by the long period during which major wars had been avoided, by the close dynastic...destructiveness to preserve the peace. Wars Outbreak The Austrian annexation (1908...created an international crisis, but war was avoided. The Balkan Wars (1912 13) remained localized but increased...