How does the following quote support the central ideas of the text: "Their tragedy, in Kissinger's words, quickly escalated into a conflagration 'with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy (Paragraph 8)?

The given quote supports the central idea of the text by emphasizing that how the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife flared the rivalry between the alliance and gave birth to World War I.

Explanation:

"A Mad Dash To Disaster": The First World War by Mike Kubic is a historical article that reveal the facts that led to World War I. He remarks in his article that the event that led to World War I was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.

The quote taken from paragraph 8 emphasizes the central idea of the text that how the tragedy of their death gave birth to the First World War.

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