POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Militarism, Munich Agreement, League Of Nations Mandate
23 Jul 2018
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Prominent ideologies prior to wwi: nationalism, germany and italy were formed in the 19th century from a number of states due to a strong sense of nationalism, balkans, serbia. The 19th century was actually quite peaceful which led to people forgetting the devastation that war brought. See war as glorifying: will clarify europe to see who is the strongest and who is the weakest, social-darwinism = the weak will keep the species weak, eugenics, war is a central mechanism of displaying one"s superiority. Before wwi there was great excitement, and many assume that it would be a quick war. "a war of attrition. : was constantly in stalemate, new technologies: machine guns, trench warfare, barb wire, etc, made it difficult to advance. University of ottawa: drags on for a long time and leads to massive casualties, very bloody battles. Scale of devastation and meaninglessness was not expected.
