 Furthermore, the leaders of Austria-Hungary are to blame as well due to them wanting to invade and to push into Serbia after the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Historian William Mulligan, in his book, The Origins of the First World War, believes that the First World War had started due to the fall of international relations which had then led to various empires around the continent feeling threatened which had then led to poor decision making.European powers had weakened due to crisis such as the Bosnian Crisis and the two crisis's in Morocco which happened as a result of the weakening power in the Ottoman Empire in the area.Mulligan believes that an arms race was facilitated due to the powers becoming weaker and this arms race led to even more fear and instability.