Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!fortune!wdl1!jrb From: jrb@wdl1.UUCP (jrb ) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Defeating Reagan matters most Message-ID: <455@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 15:22:03 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.455 Posted: Tue Oct 2 15:22:03 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 07:11:11 EDT Lines: 22 Nf-ID: #R:boulder:-21400:wdl1:3600002:000:881 Nf-From: wdl1!jrb Oct 2 10:13:00 1984 Causes of WWI: Item: The Austro-Hungarian Empire wanted a seaport. Thus they were trying to extend their influence on the Balkan Peninsula. Taking over Serbia would give them a strong foothold and a good stab at such a port. Franz Ferdinand was killed by a Serbian. Item: Russia had (still has) a need for a warm water port. Thus, they were interested in the Balkans for the same reason. Also, the Russians still looked bad because of having lost the Russo-Japanese war in 1909. Item: Kaiser Willhelm II of Germany wanted to be another Frederik the Great. Everyone else was drawn in because of alliances. The US was supposedly motivated by revenge (the Lusitania), but there were probably other reasons. John R Blaker UUCP: ...!fortune!wdl1!jrb ARPA: jrb@FORD-WDL1 and blaker@FORD-WDL2