HIST 2402 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: July Crisis, Preventive War
4 Feb 2017
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Evolution of the historical debate on the causes of the war. Germany and germany"s allies were responsible for an aggressive war and a war which they forced upon the western allies. Also responsible for paying reparations to those on which they forced the war. Throughout the 1920s, germany developed a victim culture. Due to forced peace and having all the blame put on them. The war guilt lie was the allies" false justification for punishing germany. Promoted revision of the war guilt lie. Anything this big could not be cause by just one of the great powers. The structure of international relations created a slope leading towards war. Editor of a prestigious newspaper in italy. Spent most of his life inquiring into the origins of war. Wrote the origins of the war of 1914. He said germany did start it, but thy did not get a fair trial. Everyone was guilty and the alliance system was the problem.
