Sir Edward Grey echoed this: More than one true thing may be said about the causes of the war, but the statement that comprises most truth is that militarism and the armaments inseparable from it made war inevitable. Armaments were intended to produce a sense of security in each nation that was the justification put forward in defence of them. What they really did was to produce fear in everybody.
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  • War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war

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