But contrary to the conventional read-back from the
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- Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference pp. 349-352 · open book
But contrary to the conventional read-back from the winners' side ofWorld War I , Russian, Ottoman, German, and Habsburg empires arrived at 1914, like their competitors, with modernized armies, expecting a short conflict, counting on the patriotism of their subj ects, and hoping that one more round of empire war would this time go their way.