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OK, many thanks for the quick response.

Fully agree. Serbia might join the conflict if Bulgaria attacked Greece which it might since Bulgarian differences are more with Greece and Serbia by 1914. Russia might also see that [a Bulgarian attack on Greece] as a suitable casus belli but that could well escalate it into a general...

I think the problem would be the culture of the army and inertia. The general view in I think all the big continental powers was that while bloody the war would be quick and the side that struck 1st would have the advantage. Which to a degree Germany did have in 1914 due to its conquest of...

Interesting thanks. I can see the comments on wiki about it, here which mentions its gathered criticism in Germany for ignoring the forces in Germany pressing for war but unfortunately nothing on the Franco-Russian discussions. There are only two reviews one of which gives no commentary but...

Evidence please? At the time when the crisis 1st developed the French President was on a visit to St Petersburg and I have read that the Germans adviced Vienna not to pressure Serbia until he was on his way home, by sea, to make it more difficult for France and Russia to discuss the issue.

Interesting possibility. It would calm things down a good bit although there are still a lot of tensions and Germany especially is widely considered to be operating on a limited schedule given its widely stated fears about when the Russian railway system is upgraded. Of course as long as their...