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Was one of the reasons European nations went to war in 1914 fear of socialist revolution at home - that patriotic duty could distract and end the increasingly violent labor struggle? Read this in a textbook, but haven't come across this reasoning before, so curious to know more about it.

by /u/Paulie_Gatto in /r/AskHistorians

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