e not a contributing factor. If there had not been imperialism,nationalism, and militarism occurring simultaneously, there would have beenno need for allies, because they were the factors that created the hostileenvironment in which the war formed. What could have remained a regionalincident, turned into a world war due to alliances. Alliances were for othernations to be able to rely on others during relentless attacks from othercountries. These alliances were only useful during war, and had imperialism,nationalism, and militarism not been present, world war one would not haveoccurred.World war one was a grand war which contained a very in-depth, detailedbackground, ranging from the assassination of the Arch Duke of Austria, tothe imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances of the Europeannations. Imperialism, nationalism, militarism and alliances, all playedmajor roles in the preparations for war, and without even one of thesefactors, world war one would not have occurred....
