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"The trouble with the First World War, for example, is that people think war was inevitable, but I do..." — Margaret MacMillan

The trouble with the First World War, for example, is that people think war was inevitable, but I don't agree. If you look at the Cold War, you could argue that a war was bound to happen between the Soviet Union and its allies and the United States and its allies, but it didn't.
Margaret MacMillan
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