HIST 2340W Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Nicholas Ii Of Russia, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Georges Clemenceau
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Intro one from international context, another from domestic. Wilson as he brought us into wwi, beginning of the story soon after, would encounter new set of di culties challenges to wilson"s agenda, create new international order on basis of liberal capitalism. Wwi has devastating e ect on russia starvation troops are ill fed discontent among peasants, workers, virtually all groups of russian society. [lenin capturing minds of many people//], us needs e ective response to challenge of bolsheviks. July 1917, rst american troops start to land in france. The big four and their objectives led by lloyd george had a few objectives. French europe but dont want germany punished economically, because thought would have bad e ects french want total punishment. Led by vittorio orlando italians had joined war on side of allies treaty of london. *part of the treaty, italians promised territory in europe, german territorial concessions in exchange for joining the war probably wilson"s main adversary.
