What factors led Europeans to consider war a desirable outcome of the diplomacy of the summer of
1914? Trace European economics, politics, culture and diplomacy from the unification of Italy and
Germany to 1914. What factors led to competition between states? How did INTERNAL factors in each of
the major European states contribute to the climate of competition BETWEEN states? How did that
competition and the diplomacy surrounding it lead to coalitions lined up in opposition to one another by
1914? How were those coalitions organized? Finally, how did war come about in 1914, and why did people
accept it so readily? USE DETAILED EXAMPLES AND DATES IN YOUR ANSWER.. What factors led Europeans to consider war a desirable outcome of the diplomacy of the summer of
1914? Trace European economics, politics, culture and diplomacy from the unification of Italy and
Germany to 1914. What factors led to competition between states? How did INTERNAL factors in each of
the major European states contribute to the climate of competition BETWEEN states? How did that
competition and the diplomacy surrounding it lead to coalitions lined up in opposition to one another by
1914? How were those coalitions organized? Finally, how did war come about in 1914, and why did people accept it so readily?
