The First World War, from 1914 to 1918 makes its case in history as one of the bloodiest wars ever. Over 21 million people died as a result. Yet this war was suppose to be a short war, one with minimal causalities that was suppose to end in months, even weeks. But the individuals most involved with the war who first envisioned this "short war" are also the ones that refused to let it come to an end. People from both Central Power, both Germany and Austria-Hungry had great responsibility to the length of this war. Even though pretty much everyone in Europe was involved in the war, it could be argued that this war was conducted by and for a few individual's dream of conquest. In his book The First World War Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914-1918, Holger H. Herwig does a fantastic job of showing the idiosyncrasies of the individual.
Germany's Kaiser, Wilhelm II needed to shoulder most of the blame even though he played a relative small part in the affair. …
