HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Emirate Of Transjordan
Document Summary
Ww1 had a profound impact on the involved states. This scale of human loss and suffering change the terms of political debate. Dec 1914 allies announced their war aims: joint effort to the end of the war. Russians break this, but that was a different regime. March 1915 great britain promised support for russians control of straits. France inherit syria, great britain transjordania, palestine and arabian. Soldiers demanded a change of national and international policy in international relations in return for their sacrifice million bayonets in search of an idea. ". This new diplomatic agenda pushed to the forefront after one event russian state fails, communist regime emerges tries to get out of war asap. 8th nov 1917 lenin and trotsky propose peace to all belligerents states based on the right to self-determination. 23rd nov 1917 bolsheviks in requesting an armistice with germany the bolshevik publish secret treaties of czarist regime.
