ECH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Unification Of Germany, World Politics, Total War
6 Dec 2018
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* war used to be perceived as nice. * how our involvement in ww1 turned into total war. * moving from a systems of being controlled by kings and queens to international diplomacy act. * germany started building a navy in order to acquire colonial expansion. * russia is former super power - now collapsing. * china is now rising like germany was. * war was a good thing - people we glad to go - an adventure - establish who you are. * the notion of war has shifted dramatically and so has human rights. * where nationalism was rising is where many empires were collapsing - the ottoman power. * it wasn"t bout the people it was about imperialism. * completion for resources in resources between asia and africa. * the system was not built on democracy. * smaller nations were challenging the status quo.
