Listen to NPR story--What if WW I hadn't happened?
(The March 16 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/11/285915312/a-world-without-wwi-featuring-music-man-lenin-and-herbalist-hitler?sc=17&f=2
(The March 16 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)
http://www.npr.org/2014/03/11/285915312/a-world-without-wwi-featuring-music-man-lenin-and-herbalist-hitler?sc=17&f=2
This summer marks 100 years since the start of World War I. Many argue that the conflict was inevitable — but what if it wasn't?Without the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, there would have been no need for rulers in Vienna to threaten Serbia, no need for Russia to come to Serbia's defense, no need for Germany to come to Austria's defense — and no call for France and Britain to honor their treaties with Russia.
What would be the ripples of this counter-history?
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