causes of world war 1 (ww1)
Causes Of Ww1 World War One or 'The Great War' as it became known, occurred due to many causes, some of which still remain unexposed today. The obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th J....

Factors in the Process of German Unification
Germany was the last of the great European powers to achieve political unity. In 1815, 39 independent German states stretched north and south from the Baltic Sea to the Alps, and east and west from the Rhine River to Russia. Political rivals Austria and Prussia were the most powerful of these German....

Formation of the Triple Alliance
In 1871 two new major states of Europe had been formedthe German Empire and the kingdom of Italy. The new German Empire, under the hand of Otto von Bismarck, was steered carefully, always with an eye upon France, for the Franco-Prussian War (187071) had left France thirsting for revenge and for reco....

German History
A Consise History Of Germany IMPORTANT DATES AD 9 Germanic warriors decisively defeated Roman forces at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest. 486 The Frankish king Clovis overran the Roman province of Gaul. Clovis introduced features of Roman life into western Germany. 843 The Treaty of Verdun di....

Germany is to blame for WWI
Germany clearly is to blame for the occurrences of World War I. The combination of Germanys nationalism, military might, competition for colonies, and system for military alliances caused the deaths of almost 22 million people all around the world. (Casualties 1). If it were not for Germanys unn....

How was Bismarck able to use blood and iron to secure German Unification in 1871?
The way Otto von Bismarck understood and interpreted politics was of great importance for Prussias achievement of the German Unification. Bismarck strongly believed that this major issue would not be decided by speeches and resolutions of majorities, but by blood and iron. This phrase ever aft....

Immigration into the USA
My essay is a nation of immigrants in the United States which is about German, Irish, Jewish immigrants in the 1800’s or early 1900’s. I’m a Asian so I know about Asian immigration. But I didn’t know about Europe immigration very well. So I chose it among many topics. I know ....

Nationalism in Germany
Nationalism is an ideology which holds that the nation, ethnicity or national identity is a "fundamental unit" of human social life, and makes certain cultural and political claims based upon that belief; in particular, the claim that the nation is "the only legitimate basis for the state", and that....

Otto von Bismarck
In 1877 Russia declared war on Turkey. Russia forced Turkey to cede a considerable amount of Turkish land during the Russo-Turkish war. Surrounding countries showed concern that Russia was gaining more ground, and started to intervene with this somewhat small war, creating what could....

Social Security
History of Social Security Prior to the industrial revolution, people always had some sort of security, not in the form of governmental programs but rather a security through the family farm, the network of extended families and communities. However, the industrial revolution brought with it a fu....

Tennyson's Ulysses
Davis, Glyn. Ulysses and the Temptation of Idleness: Thinking About Politics Through Poetry. Australian Journal of Political Science. 33(1998): 73-85 The passage under analysis is Ulysses and the Temptation of Idleness: Thinking About Politics Through Poetry, by Glyn Davis. Davis beli....

The Causes of the First World War
IntroductionThere are a lot of reasons for the outbreak of the First World War. In this project I will be explaining the causes of the first world with such topics in the Long term section such as Germanys defeat of France in the Franco - Prussian war, the development of the alliance system, naval r....

What makes IR a Discipline
Q1. What makes International Relations a discipline, and why did the discipline not develop in the 17th Century rather than in the early 20th Century? Introduction The journey of the modern man, which began in Africa, with a small band of hunter-gatherers, has come full circles, after nearly 8....

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