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World War I Götterdämmerung

World War I Götterdämmerung. I. Goodbye to All That. Causes of the Great War Imperialism Arms race Alliance system

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World War I Götterdämmerung

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  1. World War IGötterdämmerung

  2. I. Goodbye to All That Causes of the Great WarImperialism Arms race Alliance system Nationalism Robert Graves

  3. A. Imperial Rivalries Scramble for Africa Treaty Ports

  4. B. The Arms Race 1. Mobilization & diplomacy

  5. C. The Alliance System • (Im)balance of power1894, Franco-Russian Alliance1904, Entente-Cordiale “Kaiser Bill”

  6. D. National self-determination • Pan-Slavism

  7. 2.Assassination in Sarajevo, June 1914Gavrilo Princip

  8. II. The Guns of August

  9. A. The War Europe Expected 1. Industrialized war

  10. 2. Romantics go to war revanche! nach Paris!

  11. 3. Rapid mobilization Schlieffen Plan

  12. B. The War Europe Got • (1st) Battle of the MarneSept 1914

  13. Trench warfare

  14. 2. “They shall not pass” Verdun (1916) = 700,000 The Somme (1916) = 600,000

  15. C. “War of the worlds” • Monster machines

  16. 2. Paths of Glory (?)

  17. D. Crisis in leadership 1. Political leadership Gallipoli Battle of Jutland

  18. 2. French Army Mutiny The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gaveAwaits alike th' inevitable hour:-The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

  19. III. Total War

  20. A. Propaganda 1. Recruitment

  21. 2. Women

  22. B. War on civilians 1.The Rape of Belgium Edith Cavell

  23. 2. Unrestricted submarine warfare1915, Lusitanianeutral rights

  24. C. War on dissent • Profiteering • Socialist critique V. I. Lenin

  25. suppression of laborLloyd George and Clemenceau Sedition Act, 1917Eugene Debs Irish Easter Rebellion, 1916 I know that I shall meet my fateSomewhere among the clouds above.Those that I fight I do not hate,Those that I guard I do not love. W.B. Yeats

  26. D. Rebellion • Bolshevism 2. Balfour Declaration, 1917 3. Lawrence of Arabia

  27. Impact of Total War Erosion of liberalism Totalitarianism/complacence Non-Western nationalism

  28. IV. The Aftermath A Lost Generation

  29. A. 1917 • Revolution/fatigue • Final gamble

  30. B. American involvement 1. U.S. investment 2. U.S. debateW. J. Bryan

  31. 3. Zimmerman Telegram

  32. C. The Progressives’ War 1. U.S. reform 2. 14 Points“Make the world safe for democracy”Woodrow Wilson

  33. D. 1918 1. Ludendorff Offensive (March)Ferdinand Foch 2. German food riots

  34. 3. Wilhelm II abdicates (November) 4. Ludendorff / HindenburgNovember Criminals

  35. D. Treaty of Versailles (1919) 1. Diktat- responsibility / reparations 2. League of Nations 3. Reorganized empires- mandates

  36. E.Tragedy at Versailles Britain, France not interested in progressive war aims- disillusionment w/ “democracy” US Senate fails to ratify treaty- return to near-isolationism League of Nations too weak to: - contend with Bolshevism in the East - establish new balance of power - rebuild Europe

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