HI109 Lecture 11: Week 11 – Democratic Renewal HI 109
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Jarausch argues: (western) europe is devastated ater the war. It compels all states to cooperate more than they had in the irst half of the century. Aided by the acive involvement of the united states, by far the wealthiest and most powerful state in the world at that ime. Suppression of let leaning movements in spain and greece. Atempt by france and great britain to hold on their colonies. Destrucion in 1945 much worse than 1918 because the technology is beter. Allied carpet bombing and german ground ighing all relentless. Massive loss of life and need for massive cemeteries. Devastaion leads to a loss in values/meaning; the rise of existenialism by albert camus (the. War-ime assumpions about the future of germany (morgenthau) give way to 4 sectors, which gives way to a divided germany (and europe) Russia is not interested in the east but the west of germany (ruhr) Naion building happens across western europe from norway to the mediterranean.
