Europe in 1914.
The multiple alliances that led to the European conflagration
This sums it up:
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It is only music that matters. But to talk of music is risky, and entails responsibility. Therefore some find it preferable to seize on side issues. It is easy, and enables you to pass as a deep thinker. (Igor Stravinsky)
