Natürlich hatte es Krisen gegeben – 1905-06 in Marokko, 1908 in Bosnien, 1911 wieder in Marokko und dann 1912-13 die Balkankriege – diese waren aber alle überschaubar gewesen.
Of course, there had been crises – in Morocco in 1905-06, in Bosnia in 1908, in Morocco again in 1911, and the Balkan wars in 1912-13 – but they had all been manageable.