INTST101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Franz Joseph I Of Austria, Antonio Salandra, Psychological Warfare
19 Oct 2016
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The triple alliance (1882) - germany & austria-hungary & italy. The central powers - germany & austria-hungary & turkey. The triple entente - britain & france & russia. Domestic politics and society on the eve of war. Ruled by alliance of industrial and agrarian junker elites; significant social democratic opposition. Conservatives cultivated nationalism to combat democratization and socialist internationalism. Rise of single-issue interest groups such as pan-germany league. Fragmenting in the face of nationalist pressures from within and without. Sense of desperation in the ruling class and the military; externalization of blame (serbia) Monarchy, still trying to recover from 1905 revolution. In the midst of an administrative and military modernization. Ruled by central-right collation, headed by the radicals. Preoccupied on the eve of war by the irish question. Enjoying a brief period of constitutional government. Ina period of constitutional turmoil after the assassination of king.
