The True Cause of World War 1 History books record that World War I started when the nations went to war to avenge the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir to the Habsburg throne, on June 28, 1914. This is the typical explanation. But the "revisionist historian" knows just what caused and what the purpose was of the conflagration of World War I. Up until America's entry into this war, the American people had followed the …showed first 75 words of 3209 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3209 total…mpletely surfaced. (There are those who believe that there were some who couldn't wait for the Teapot Dome Scandal to remove President Harding, and that he was poisoned.) But the oil interests allowed it to completely play its course as a warning to future Presidents of the United States not to oppose the oil interests. The warning has been generally heeded. Not many have chosen to contend with the true rulers of the United States.