IAFF 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Sunk Costs, Approximation, Crimean War
29 Mar 2017
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Because the modern state system emerged in europe. Europe and the peace of westphalia - 1648 permanently memorize. Treaties of westphalia ended wars of religion/hegemony. Ended the thirty years war in central europe. Ended the eighty years wars between spain, dutch republic. Has been called the epoch of peace in europe. No general war involving all of the great powers. Approximately equal in power (britain ruled the seas) Diplomacy, multilateral summits helped to manage conflicts. Fluid alliances maintain overall balance and relative stability. Russia vs. ottoman empire, britain, france; localized. Vs. denmark (1864); austria (1866); 1870-1871 (france) Russian invasion of ottoman lands in europe. Congress of berlin (1878); redistribution of ottoman holdings. Wars of colonial conquest throughout the 1800s. The scramble for africa, the great game in asia. Unification + population + industrialization = power. France-russia (1894), britain-france (1904) + russia (1907) Pan-slavism in eastern europe; seen by ottoman empire and austro-
