On Italy Ultimately Siding With the Triple Entente (England, France, and Russia) in World War 1

It had absolutely nothing to do with principle and everything to do with the fact that the Brits and French were willing to offer more in terms of booty (sizable sections of Austria-Hungary) than the Germans and Austrians were (that, and the fact that the war appeared to be tilting in favor of the Entente; the Germans being bogged down at the Marne, the success of the hunger blockade, etc.) - the same fucking reason for pretty much every war, in other words.............In the words of economist and historian, Charles Adams - "War is sometimes called the the final arbiter of disputes among nations, even though it creates uncivilized chaos and butchery unrestrained by law. No one has ever suggested that applying the principles of military might - slaughter and devastation - actually means that justice has prevailed. What does prevail is the better army or navy, justice often by the bully. Lawful ideals and principles quickly fade from view as armies take to the field and clash. At that point the combatants start to manufacture reasons for the conflict. And when no good reason can be found, a bad one will do. Facts become distorted , history perverted, and the main reasons for almost all wars - TERRITORY, RESOURCES, AND POWER  (my emphasis)- are usually masked over with some sort of moral or social objective."