Opinion: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Perilous Limits of the 9/11 Analogy

Historian article

By Paul Miller-Melamed, published 4th February 2025

Historians love making analogies to the present day, and in 2014, during the 100th anniversary of the Sarajevo assassination and outbreak of the First World War, many were tempted to see parallels to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. But not only is this analogy mistaken, it conceals the blundering true nature of the political murder that nonetheless led to world war, writes Paul Miller-Melamed.

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