POLS10200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Mikhail Gorbachev, Countervalue, Islamic Fundamentalism
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Three most populous continents: asia, europe, africa. Usa was in one year lost 130,000 soldiers. 350 billion dollars 8 trillion dollars today. Usa emerged as the most powerful economic power in the world. Wwi directly sewed the seeds of fascism. One of the main factors to wwii. Safest because it was an island hesitant to commit to the continent. Large empire, desperate to preserve the status quo. Sought and obtained a formal alliance with russia, as an insurance policy against germany. Enormous size and huge population, had huge potential power. Corrupt military, lost war against japan in 1905. Serbs and russians are seen to be kinsmen. Mobilization of russian troops to western europe is very slow because of the state"s size. 28 june: assassination of archduke franz ferdinand. Serbian nationalists threw a bomb to the archduke"s car, but missed. Archduke visits hospital to see those who were injured. Germany supports a strong response to the assassination.
