Perhaps, but the combination of the rise of German economic and military power, the rise of nationalism (particularly in the Balkans), and the entanglement of alliances between the great powers pretty much guaranteed that there would be a major European war sometime in the early 20th century. It was only a question of how and when.
“With Major Lawrence, mercy is a passion. With me it is merely good manners. You may judge which motive is the more reliable.”
