HIS381H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Geopolitics, Mukden Incident, Washington Naval Treaty
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After the naval war between china and japan, war memories changed, geopolitics changed. Qing empire reduced in people"s memory to be an incompetent empire, whereas japan was remembered to be far superior. Not only the japanese believed this type of propaganda, the chinese also believed that the qing empire, the culture, the political and social structure was all wrong. Therefore, china tried to change everything that was stood for in qing empire. A lot of his theory was being used by hitler"s advisor in wwii. In moments of crisis, that is when everything becomes clear . Understood the reality of how the political system worked. War is the continuation of politics by other means . Politics is normal, war is the exception or war is normal, politics are the exception. Radical reading: war is the normal condition, we constantly have to be at war for the continuation of growth.
