NUTR 214 Lecture 7: 02-28-2018
8 Aug 2018
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French resented germany because of annexation of alsace-lorraine during 1871. Italians resented austria because of italian minorities living in the austro- Europe (the balkans) created potential for great instability between the competing austro-hungarian, russian and balkan interests who all wanted to assert their claims over the territories left by the. Ottoman empire nationalities and satisfying them all and their demands. Austro-hungarian empire: had great difficulty balancing its dozens of different. (cid:498)german question(cid:499): its emergence as a new dominant power in europe (great. France and threatened the uk"s overseas dominance population, large industry, powerful military) with huge ambitions, threatening. It wanted to expand in europe and threatened russia and: these problems were compounded by economic rivalries especially those arising during the great depression of 1873-96. Increasing sense of social darwinism amongst nations where the belief was that the world was a predatory place where only the fittest nations could survive and that they had to compete with each other.
