ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Munich Agreement, Nuclear Explosion, Appeasement
8 Dec 2016
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Italics = key elements of studying for exams, tests. Exam: overview of 20 years of history, key dates, questions about general knowledge of conflict. What is the ww1, impact of versailles treaty , when was cuba missile crisis?, what happened at end of 10th century, german unification, germany seen as competing power, Express and articulate particular grievance and interests. World politics (1900-1991: transition from eu politics crises to total war, the end of empire and withdrawal of eu states from their imperial acquisitions, cold war. Perceived by uk and france as challenging power in eu. Building warships to expand its colonial expansion. Only way it can do so is against uk and fr. Empires are collapsing under rising nationalism across the world; can"t maintain what they already control. The military capabilities have been rising rapidly. Empires in ww1 thought it was a far war. With military modernisation, the war will last alot longer.
