HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Balkan Wars, Reinsurance Treaty, Weltpolitik
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Western europe vs central and eastern europe before w. w. In constitutional developments, in 1900 western europe differed greatly from central and. Eastern europe: western europe-elected parliaments determined the character of the governments and the course of their policies, central & eastern europe were dominated by germany, austria-hungary and russia all of whom had monarchs with strong policy making influence. Principal reasons for the w. w. i: the greatest single cause of w. w. Members of each group felt bound to support each other, even in matters where they had no direct interest, e. g. , germany helping austria-hungary in the balkans or. France supporting russia in the balkans. this eventually led to the triple alliance (germany, austria-hungary and italy) vs. the triple entente (great britain, france and russia). Kaiser william ii undid much of bismarck"s diplomatic efforts to: keep germany from being encircled and thus always avoid a two-front war. keep france isolated.
