HIST 122 Lecture : Hist 122 Semester 2, Week 8.docx
17 Apr 2013
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Marshall foch"s prophecy: just an armistice for 21 years. Wells and the new war: the shape of things to come, foretold the beginning of wwii. An impractical treaty: squeeze the german lemon until the pips squeak . Failures of the league of nations: failure in arbitration and disarmament, failure in collective security. The decline of the west oswald spengler. End of progress: losing faith in religion, and in science. End of objectivity truth as mental constructs. Conditions: failed government, failed leadership, socio-economic turmoil. Militarism: become like sparta, forming strong military. State and leadership: all faith, state = leader. Support base: come from disgruntled people. Seeds of conflict faulty peace process and a weak l of n. Imprisonment: wrote mein kampf, hitler released after one year on good behavior. Establishment of a racial state biological outsiders: aryan state. From 1935 forcible abortion if parent had disease. State sponsored euthanasia: 5000 children and 70,273 adults. Sept 15: law of citizens and residents.
