Was World War I preventable? Why or why not? What were the underlying causes of the war prior to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914?

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World War I

Was World War I preventable? Why or why not? What were the underlying causes of the war prior to the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914?

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