All,
We read a lot about instances that will lead to a war, as though nothing can stop it.
Some instances may be where the interests of nations involved are so fundamentally at odds that a compromise cannot be found.
Some might be based on national ‘pride’, ego of the leaders, etc etc. In essence, a workable compromise could have been found.
My good question is: which one’s?
Constantinople, 1852: the keys and Russia’s insistence of being the protector of all Christians: Was Turkey’s independence so fundamentally threatened that it could not have compromised?
Were British interests really on the line?
Crimea war: the follow-on from the ‘keys’.
The Serbian ultimatum: Could the infringement of Serbian sovereignty have been avoided? Why have the clause as the other clauses could have been accepted?
Unconditional surrender: Did it really do the trick?
… and so on
We read a lot about instances that will lead to a war, as though nothing can stop it.
Some instances may be where the interests of nations involved are so fundamentally at odds that a compromise cannot be found.
Some might be based on national ‘pride’, ego of the leaders, etc etc. In essence, a workable compromise could have been found.
My good question is: which one’s?
Constantinople, 1852: the keys and Russia’s insistence of being the protector of all Christians: Was Turkey’s independence so fundamentally threatened that it could not have compromised?
Were British interests really on the line?
Crimea war: the follow-on from the ‘keys’.
The Serbian ultimatum: Could the infringement of Serbian sovereignty have been avoided? Why have the clause as the other clauses could have been accepted?
Unconditional surrender: Did it really do the trick?
… and so on