HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Walter Rothschild, 2Nd Baron Rothschild, Arthur Balfour, Central Powers
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The end of world war i & its legacies: a war without. Winners: the fact that it was a total war made it more crucial for the countries to win. This is because then the casualties wouldn"t have been for nothing: a war without winners has to do with the nature of the war itself. Societal and political changes: tensions on the home fronts: It takes coercion to get people to be involved (the government needed to coerce their population to participate in the war effort) Refer to patain reading on why soldiers didn"t want to ght anymore: internal tensions: The jewish census of 1916 (germany: the carrot and the stick: The hope that pre war efforts to effect societal change would be realized: The countries that joined with other countries as allies did not get anything they were promised and therefore their war efforts were for no use: the balfour declaration (nov 2, 1917)
