History 2145A/B Lecture : 5 Lecture - The Great War and the Making of the Modern World.docx
18 Apr 2012
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The great war and the making of the modern world. The first world war unleashes the totalitarian demons. Setting the pace: wwi and the century of the mega deaths . Unleashing the totalitarian demons the impact of war on russia, italy and germany. The first world war is a crucible creates something new out of all the elements leading up to the outbreak; a new age is born (modern age the world we know) Before war romantic sense of self, idea of progress; to age of despair, destruction of human life. By the end of the century about 200 million people were either killed or allowed to die due to human choice. Pace 9 million people die (wwi) in a relatively short period of time 6000 people die every day for. Hitler and mussolini wwi is a political awakening; lenin and stalin wwi is the opportunity they were waiting for.
