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Fascinating read!
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a benevolent leader at a time of great Nationalism and Militarism in Europe. I don't think anyone can say for sure if he wasn't assassinated that WWI would've been averted (since things were already a tinderbox), but it stands to wonder if the Austria-Hungary empire would've persisted and survived under his (eventual) rule.
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