AS.190.209 Lecture 11: Lecture 11 Notes
4 Sep 2016
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Lecture 11 the origins of world war ii. German problem and rise of hitler and nazi germany and why britain pursued the policy of appeasement (martin gilbert) In terms of the third image, the reappearance of the german problem was due to the same reasons as frederick and bismarck. What you had was a strong german power in the center of. Europe flanked by weaker states that simply sought to actualize its power. As david calleo argues, the problem of germany was that it emerged too late. According to this image, any country facing what germany did would be aggressive and warlike in actualizing its power. In terms of foreign policy, hitler simply behaved as a german nationalist, no different from. In this sense, there was no german guilt or responsibility. In terms of the first image, the reappearance of the german problem was simply due to the actions of one man, adolf hitler.
