POLS 10202 Lecture 4: The Coming Of War
Document Summary
It focuses a lot about germany there are many other countries within the war a: they miss the contingencies, the chaos. The past is chaos; history is the order we impose on it james collins. The origins of the world war 2 vols: fay thesis: b. i. Bernadotte schmitt: university of chicago, his the coming of war, 1914, took issue with fay, germany had been responsible, would be considered an orthodox historian. Published the origins of the war of 1914 , 3 volumes written in journalist style with interviews a. ii. A lot of stupidity: promoted italian entry into the war. This historian"s view: let"s focus on just wwi a. i. You don"t need just one theory to explain them all. Austria hungary: a visit to bosnia a. i. Presumptive heir to the throne of the habsburg empire (austria-hungary) a. ii. To show dominance: bosnia-herzegovina and serbia b. i. A way to keep serbia from taking it b. ii. Not a province, but a separately administered territory.
