HIS404H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Zimmermann Telegram, Sister Republic, Mensheviks
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From the spanish-american war to the great war. We have less than twenty years between the spanish-american war and the great. The closeness of the time suggests that some people who chose to go to war in. We see america in 1917 taking quite some time to decide to go to war. The same can be said about wwii (viz. with regards to asia, which sparked debate in 1937). How has this environment changed in 1917: there has been great technological advancements (viz. with regards to submarines, the economic status of the u. s. has also changed. The use in 1898 was in a more precarious economic state, and in 1917 the u. s. is emerging as one of the strongest economic powers. The spanish-american war was about the u. s. " backyard, but what happens between 1914-17 is that the u. s. increasingly sees the world as its backyard and protectorate.
