Thirty-Five Critical Days
Russia seems to me to be the reason World War I became the crisis that it did. The Austrian aggressiveness obviously gave everyone involved a starting point, but the reason it blew up to the scale that it did way poor leadership on the part of the Russians. The Tsar seems to be a very weak person who knows that his peers view him that way. Also his insecurity fuels his inability to make decisive stands. An example of this is in his first mobilization of his troops. When he saw that it wasn’t a very popular decision, he immobilized, only to turn around and mobilize again. It’s hard to know how serious the Kaiser was about finding a peaceful solution that would result in avoiding a world war, but he was at least trying to sound as though there was a peaceful way out.
The Kaiser seems to be very diplomatic in his dealings with his cousin. He seems to play to the weaknesses of “Nicky”. But the Tsar won’t be pushed around this time. He......
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