01:790:324 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Security Dilemma, German Question, Tirpitz Plan
21 Jun 2016
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Joll, origins of the first world war, chs. Nye the balance of power and world war 1 in understanding international conflicts. Calvocoressi & wint chs 2 & 3. Nye the rise and fall of collective security (e-res pp. 93-103) Different levels of causation in which conflict (war) can be explained: system level (international/structural system) Balance of power: relative power between states: domestic level (properties of the state) After the terrorist assassination of archduke ferdinand. Austria-hungary reasoned that russia could be deterred if austria had german support (jull alliance) Russia became worried about its serbian ally. Germany gives austria its full diplomatic support in the crisis. Austria sends an ultimatum to serbia to allow harsh attack. + austria-hungary"s post-assassination ultimatum was part of a coercive program meant to weaken the kingdom of serbia"s threat to take control of the northern. Balkans and its significant southern slavic population, especially the bosnian.
