1. Causes of WW1
... exporting had set the standard to which all the European powers aimed to emulate" (Newman Christopher, article: the Great War. Why?) Britain was the undisputed industrial heavyweight of the world, writes American economist William R. Hawkins " a hundred years ago Great Britain was the world's only Superpower" (Hawkins William, Britain's Industrial Decline). However this was set to change. There was increased competition from other ... enemy. This is important to understanding why Britain would side with Russia and France, her traditional enemies, against Germany whom she originally had ...
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