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HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2013. Lecture Thirteen: Diplomatic Origins of World War I. William II as Strategist and Diplomat. Caprivi Ministry Non-Renewal of the Reinsurance Treaty Increasing Ties Between Russia and France Kruger Telegram and Boer War. Navies.
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HIST 2117: Modern GermanySpring 2013 Lecture Thirteen: Diplomatic Origins of World War I
William II as Strategist and Diplomat • Caprivi Ministry • Non-Renewal of the Reinsurance Treaty • Increasing Ties Between Russia and France • Kruger Telegram and Boer War
Navies • William II as Advocate for Navy • Mahan, Influence of Seapower on History 1890 • Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz • Navy League 1898 • Naval Bills 1898 and 1900 • Dreadnought 1906
Hardening of Alliances • Bernhard von Bulow Ministry • Russian Weakness – Russo-Japanese War 1904-5 • Entente Cordiale 1904 • First Moroccan Crisis 1905 • Triple Entente 1907
Alliances Tested • William II’s “Sabre Rattling” • Conflicts between Diplomatic Strategy and Military Strategy • The Schlieffen Plan • Bosnian Crisis 1908 • Second Moroccan Crisis 1911 • Balkan Wars 1912-1913
Expectation of War • Diplomatic Encirclement • Fear of Long Term Decline • Assumption that War Would Resemble Franco-Prussian War • Mutual Dependency of Germany and Austria • The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand 1914