INTST101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Antimilitarism, Entente Cordiale, Austria-Hungary
28 Mar 2018
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Italy didn"t help the other two they joined the winner. Centeral powers had more steel production(germany), soilders to be mobilized. Triple enternte had better railway mileage(russia) and value of foreign trade, population, battleships(britain), cruisers(britain) merchant fleet, submarines. When war broke out people thought it would be short, people were enthusiastic. Ruled by alliance of industry, and agrarian junker elites; significant social democratic opposition. Rise of single issue intrest groups such as pan-german 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) In the midst of administrative and military modernization. Active and well organized (if divided) revolutionary cadres. Ruled by center-right coalition, headed by the radicals. Period of constitutional turnmoil after the assassination of king umberto1 in1900. Preoccupied with domestic politics, tariffs, anti-trust,local hemispheric affairs.
