Packet 6: Tossup 18

Fritz Fischer’s interpretation of this conflict has been contrasted (15[1])with that of Christopher Clark’s book The Sleepwalkers, whose narrative (15[1])begins with the murder of Alexander I in the May Coup. A (15[1])First Lord of the Admiralty who resigned (-5[1])during this conflict (15[2])following a disastrous (15[1])campaign (15[1])later wrote The World (15[1])Crisis about (15[1])it. (15[1]-5[1])Barbara Tuchman’s The (*) Guns of August (10[1])describes the beginning of this conflict (10[1]-5[1])in the July Crisis, as well as the failure of the Schlieffen Plan, in (10[1])which (10[1])German troops (10[2])traveled through neutral Belgium. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this conflict (10[1])sparked by Gavrilo Princip’s (10[2])assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

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