HI109 Lecture : FIRST PART OF NOTES UP TO ORIGINS OF COLD WAR.docx
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Disillusionment of the wwi set the stage for the events that followed in europe for the rest of the. Many liberals supported imperialism, assumed europe was the cultural centre of the world, House, house of commons) closely associated with middle class. Great britain was the classical free trading state. British liberals supported nationalist movements (19th century) British parliament was the model parliament, other countries aspire. Norman angell the great illusion (1909) free trade is a good thing, free trade makes war impossible highly popular in europe. Italy and france also liberal states, but were unstable. Militant nationalism, more aggressive, propaganda especially in schools, school of the nation army, also propaganda, countries were in race for colonies, more colonies, more power social darwinism, permeated european society in 19th century. His scientific ideas were corrupted by social theorists, with each nation there is a species, survival of the fittest not keeping with liberal faith in progress cultural pessimism:
