... a chain of events that got so many countries involved, making it a world war rather than just a minor conflict between a few countries. However, this theory does not stand up to any analysis, as it does not explain why so many countries so readily joined the war. Other factors leading up to this isolated event, as well as relations between and also within ... hierarchy. Each country at the time was nationalistic, proud of their economy, industry, military etc. as well as patriotic, and this was shown and promoted at the time through nationalistic poetry, music and plays. This meant that...

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