HST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Archduke Franz Ferdinand Of Austria, Paul Von Hindenburg, Georges Clemenceau
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Meanwhile, conflict in the balkans, between austria-hungary (backed by germany) and serbia (backed by russia), threatened to draw all of europe into war. Why study wwi: beginning of the end of european era, end of 3 empires, gave rise to: Diplomatic origins: the german question , de-stabilization of multi-ethnic empires in southeast europe. Kaiser wilhelm ii 1888-1918: weltpolitik: the end of the bismarckian system. France, great britain, russia: the balkans: powder keg of europe. European diplomacy in 1913: two rival blocs: France, great britain, russia (triple entente: conflict in the balkans. World war i: total war and european society 1914-1916. The german question , or how the new german state"s foreign policy led to rival alliances in europe (the triple alliance vs the triple entente) The dissolution of multi-ethnic empires (austria, ottoman), particularly in the balkans. War by time table (the nature of industrial warfare, which required elaborate time- tables to mobilize millions of men)
