PLIR 3500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: German Question, Overdetermination, Axis Powers
16 Feb 2017
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What if x did not happen, how would y be different: if x, then y? x= did not happen, y= speculation. You can"t know what didn"t happen historically if you don"t know what did happen. Good thing for the atomic bomb, otherwise we"d all be speaking japanese . American revolution: colonies were upset about taxation without representation. France supports revolution to undermine historical enemy, england. Leads to recognition of us as an independent nation. Dunkirk evacuation by sea in the face of difficult odds. Authors assertion re: washington"s decision to evacuate - If general howe is not cautious, then he attacks the colonies. If the men quit during evacuation, then the british eventually attack the colonies. If the weather had been predictable, the colonies will not escape. If the colonies are crushed by the british by the sea, the british would"ve captured washington and the american revolution would"ve been crushed.
