HIS242H5 Lecture 2: HIS242 Lecture 2 Notes
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Militarism, extreme nationalism, imperialism (europe rushing to take control of non-white parts of the world) All the blame was put on germany, although germany was not the sole cause; for one, there was a change in diplomacy. *concert of europe (established after napoleon) was used to settle disputes and keep the peace. Britain was increasing in power and wanted to be more involved. Bismarck s idea of international affairs/foreign policy meant that france was to be isolated; the french were bitter because they were prevented from having allies (germany, on the other hand, had allies) The alliances that bismarck made: austria- hungary (they had secret treaties) Other powers decided to have secret treaties too before europe was divided (one of the causes of ww1)
