HIS344H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Isolationism
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Docs in short term loan - john graham. Any external docs have to deal with ir, foreign policy, war/peace, and post-ww2. Midterm will be held in class for 50 minutes. Rules were set up that continue to be followed. Sole entity that can set up foreign policy is the state - no individual, queen, king, etc. A few exceptions - korean war, japan ww2, middle east. Not effective at guaranteeing safety / wellbeing of continent. 1715 ultret include critical statement in war of spanish succession. Never put into a peace treaty until this time. Serious grand alliance --> kept up in times of peace. Napoleon attempted used french revolution to create a universal french monarchy. Ethnicity never used as a cause to undermine bop or change borders. Everyone seeking national interests, not wellbeing of world. Hitler would have gone to war without versailles. Ussr were pretty much responsible for defeat of hitler.
