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“Any single explanation for the outbreak of the First World War is likely to be too simple. An amalgam of factors intellectual, social, economic as well as political and diplomatic contributed to this horrifying conflict of monumental proportions.” – Explain.

  • UPSC 2012
  • World Wars

The First World War (1914-18) cannot be traced to one cause; it emerged from the convergence of long-term structural forces and a short-term diplomatic crisis.

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  • Intellectual and Ideological Currents: Nationalism
  • Social Factors: Militarism and Popular Mobilisation
  • Economic Rivalry
  • Imperial Rivalry
  • The Alliance System and Diplomatic Rigidity
  • The Political-Diplomatic Trigger: The July Crisis

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