Modern Europe History
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However, though the British Modern Europe History Question Hobsbawm describes The Outbreak of World War I as a constituent of the rise of capitalism and the struggle for the balance of power in Europe.... Nevertheless, the external pressures from the periphery, after Russia failed to prove its support for Serbia in the First Balkan War, saw Russia engage in a military reconstruction, which played a great role in the rise of world war i (Hobsbawm, 156).... The creation of such alliances was the culmination of setting the stage for the First world war, since the dominant powers and their allies started preparing their armies to repel a possible attack to their allies by the antagonists (Hobsbawm, 92)....