PSC 1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Proletariat, Bosnian Crisis, Chage And Aska
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Or was ww1 the product of pathologies of german domestic politics in no way related to systemic pressures. Need to keep france and russia apart. Do(cid:374)"t allo(cid:449) frie(cid:374)dship (cid:449)ith russia to alie(cid:374)ate britai(cid:374) Overall prevent a balancing coalition from forming. Simplification of alliances: austria > russia; reject renewal of reinsurance treaty. Pushes britain, france, and russia closer together. Triple entente, uk-france-russia- 1907: reversal of splendid isolation, rigid bipolar blocs. Exploitation of military technology, understanding of logistics. Widely acknowledged to be best army in europe. Hybrid political system: chancellor not responsible for reichstag, highly autonomous military, little communication between diplomats and military men. Industrialization growth of urban working class, socialism: social democratic party (sdp)= growing share of reichstag. Use of weltpolitik, fleet policy, threats, war to unify the country. War is unavoidable, and the sooner the better. The future belongs to russia which is growing and growing, and is becoming an ever increasing nightmare to us.
