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Book Five - Chapter II
II. The breakdown of international order
A. Attitudes and expectations [432]
1.War began in 1914: Bloodiest, most intensely fought and greatest
in geographical extent to have occurred to that time
2.Nations on every continent
3.Costlier, required mobilization of whole societies
4.First war to show full impact of science and modern technology
5.Unprecedented psychological and cultural effects
6. = the Great War
7. Many initially distinct conflicts
8.Damage inflicted in fighting WW I and WW II "finally robbed Europe
of her hegemony." [433]
9. Could view "whole era as one of European civil war" (metaphor) [433]
B. Alliances and entanglements
C. The beginnings of international change
D. The re-emergence of Balkan questions
E. Russian recovery and Russian power
F. The end of peace
1.By 1913..."German politicians [had begun] to talk among themselves
of the 'coming world war' - atmosphere of excited patriotism [444-45]
2. "Psychological deterioration in Germany transformed German policy
to "acceptance of the inevitability of conflict with Russia - and therefore
with France." [445]
3. German fear of "encirclement." [445]
G. The crisis and after
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