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Explanation:

1) This quote tells us that before WWI there was even war on the brink before them as well and that country's were fighting one another themselves.

2) Alliances with the countries can give you more military power and fire power making it easier to seduce another nation, however if you were a nation that had a week alliance with another then welcoming war would not be a good idea being that they would literaly destroy you.

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