INR 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Fokker E.Ii, Germans, Dual Monarchy
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Inr2001: chapter 3 lecture notes wwi and aftermath: world war i, at the start of the 20th century, the balkans were the most unstable a. i. Serbians had the upperhand over turks and a. ii. Domestic problems gave opportunities to enemies: the war was set off by act of anarchist b. i. Who were these people and what did they want? b. ii. Anarchists as a transactional terrorist movement - compare to today? b. ii. 1. b. ii. 2. Managed to kill empress of italy, mckinley, franz ferdinand and more leaders c. Balance of power changed: resulted in states feeling threatened and had to act accordingly --- the incentive to do something: buy more time c. i. 2. Tight alliances pulling states to conflict --- complex web woven c. i. 2. b. Why did squabble between serbia and austria-hungary cause such a commotion? c. i. 2. c. Alliances: serbs is with russians who is friends with. Germans scared of france so attacked russia because c. i. 3. Security dilemma they were slower than france c. i. 3. a.