>   I like "the small stuff", this led to that, which caused something else,
> which became this...
>   History didn't just happen.  Still doesn't.
>   Oh once in a while there was some big event (Country A wanted what
> Country B had and grabbed it) but for the most part its a series of small even
> that lead to big events.
>   IOW, events very seldom happen full blown out of nothing.

WWII is a perfect example.  There were many small, and not-so-small, events
that happened throughout the 1920's and '30's that lead up to the larger
events of 1939.

Mike


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