The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Nationalism
Words: 1725 Pages: 6 10696This essay will seek to persuade the reader that nationalism as a whole contributed a more direct cause to the break out of World War I than assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914. Many argue that the cause of the first world war was the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Bosnia in June of 1914. While the assassination of the Archduke prompted Austria to declare war on Serbia with Germany's support in July 1914, causing […]