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             vice issue. Nevertheless, Joll points out that domestic policies played a part, but not a big one as to lead to war. Ultimately, politicians did not "deliberately embarked on war as a way out of their insoluble domestic, social and political problems." Economic rivalries were another factor that Joll examined. He indicated that "not all imperialistic policies were inspired by direct economic interests." Although economic interest had often lead to strategic frictions between the Great Powers, in the end "economic interests were not too much [...] in the minds of the politicians" in July 1914. To minimize the role of economic calculations vis-â-vis a war, Joll indicated that the opponents had not "taken into account the economic consequences and needs of a war." Governments thus did not embark on war in order to satisfy private or budgetary financial interests. Regarding Imperialism, Joll pointed out that, although it did increase in pace between 1880 and 1900, it was not the imm!
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