HST 540- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 42 pages long!)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: History
• Course: HST 540
• Professor: Arne Kislenko

Document Summary

Policy makers/intelligence agencies act in whatever way keeps them in power: since agencies in civil societies are much more transparent than agencies in other societies, we have knowledge and respond to their decisions. I(cid:373)perialis(cid:373): e(cid:454)te(cid:374)di(cid:374)g a (cid:272)ou(cid:374)tr(cid:455)/e(cid:373)pire(cid:859)s po(cid:449)er a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)(cid:455) a variety of means: colonialism, violence, slavery, rivalries between empires could become extremely and widely violent, not always crass/military; often by subtle political means. Literally any provocation is enough to get the states up in arms; little, isolated. Industrialization: empires and nations are growing, colonizing, building, developing, globalizing. Hst lecture 4 19th & 20th century. North africa, persia, a(cid:374)d othe(cid:396)s (cid:895) a(cid:396)e added to the t(cid:396)iple allia(cid:374)(cid:272)e: 1902: the entente (english: intent, understanding) powers is formed. Japan and the usa internationalized the alliance & the pressures all the countries faced at the time. Or fifty of this ship. therefore, everyone panicked: rumours flew and came alive.