HISB93H3 Lecture : lecture 5

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2 Nov 2010
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Orientation of the schlieffen plan - move around forts, not maginot line. The end of war and its legacy for 20th century politics: total war - mobilization of the home front, extension of state planning, militarization of politics cultural legacy of trauma and uncertainty. Wilson"s fourteen points redrawing the map of europe and institutionalizing minorities. "stab in the back" and a divided political culture. Tensions of modernization: cities and the new woman. Foreign policy and the finesse - the stresemann era. Several countries sending out feelers for peace. Compromise peace - without annexation, put everything back together. Austria-hungary started sending out feelers for peace - destroyed legitimacy. Russia"s opt out of war - treaty of brest-litovsk - march 3 1919 - harsh conditions. Wwi was an unpopular conflict that made russians lose almost 2 million men. Not feasible for power to continue in the war.

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