Gavrilo Princip Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 6 pages of analysis of Destroyed Existence.

Gavrilo Princip Essay | Essay

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Destroyed Existence

Summary: On June 28, 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip, a Slavic nationalist. This ignites a war assumed to be short, between Seberia and Austria-Hungary. Due to alliance systems, nation after nation is pulled into the war, eventually becoming the size great enough to be called a world war. America tries to stay out of the war for as long as possible, but they get fed up with Germany. What was expected to be a quick, fun, and easy war turns out to be the most awful experience anyone could ask for.
On June 28, 1914, the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip, a Slavic nationalist. This ignites a war assumed to be short, between Seberia and Austria-Hungary. Due to alliance systems, nation after nation is pulled into the war, eventually becoming the size great enough to be called a world war. America tries to stay out of the war for as long as possible, but they get fed up with Germany. What was expected to be a quick, fun, and easy war turns out to be the most awful experience anyone could ask for. Thirty-three billion dollars and 22 million deaths later, peace arrives, but America is a changed nation. As written on the Editorial Page of the Wall Street Journal on November 17, 1998 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the First World War, "As much as the loss of life, we...

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