Hello friend… Regarding “mental”…
Possibly… But he wasn’t alone in his grand conspiracy… So to my mind, it seems he was more ideologically driven than anything else.
It is mind boggling, how so many events in history turn on the single act of a single person…
Dear friend😀 So good to read you again!
And you are right: sometimes a single person can change the world. Sadly, not always for good, as Princip proves.
Yes, he had supporters, even in the top echelons of the Serb government- although I believe that absolutely no-one wanted to trigger such a war, which had not been seen in Europe since the days of Napoleon. I would give everyone the benefit of the doubt.
Especially not the average citizens of the countries concerned. Though, sadly, when did they ever matter to the Mighty Ones?
And why, do I ask, was the peace proposal by the Central Powers in December 1916 so roundly rejected by the Entente governments? Perhaps the worst could have been prevented…
Why, o Lord, why…?
So many questions…