Posted by Max on 30/6/2012, 23:09:07, in reply to "Re: European Empires in 1914"
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I agree! 
My point was rather that the elite in the societies at that point (including republican France) was so focused on confronation and militarism so I guess there would have been a war even if Franz Ferdinand hadnīt been shot. And one canīt suggest that any of the more important monarchs of the era was democrats. The monarchs in the monarchies that survived ww1 accepted democracy, but they were hardly convinced.
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: I agree with that too. My point was that
: World
: War I did not begin because Austria and
: Germany with monarchies.
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: During the Wilhelm II's reign I did see
: movement to a more constitutional form of
: government where power was shifting away
: from the monarch and to the legislators.
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: I disagree that there was no sign of
: democratization. It was coming slowly, but
: in Germany and even Russia there were
: movements toward a more constitutional form
: of monarchy which may (emphasize: MAY) have
: progressed given a few more years of peace.
: Even the Ottoman Empire was moving
: haltingly in a reformist direction.
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