First World War

I. I A New Type of War II. Underlying Causes (Levels of Analysis) III. Outbreak of War IV Explaining IV. E l i i the h W War V. V Fallout

I. A New Type of War

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War z Total War

z Unprecedented

C Carnage

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Gas Victims

II. Levels of Analysis A. International

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1. Germany Unification

2. Military Planning (Rapid)

3. Balance of Power in Europe

B. State/Domestic Level
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Nationalism
Social Darwinism z Multinational Empires (Austria(Austria -Hungary and Ottoman)
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A Aggressive i G German P Policies li i z Social Unrest z Complacency about War

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Kaiser Wilhelm II

Ethnic Groups in Austria Austria-Hungary

Enthusiasm at the Outbreak of War

Adolph Hitler in Munich, Munich August 1914

C. Individual Level Factors

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Weakness of the Key Leaders

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Kaiser Wilhelm II Tsar Nicholas Emperor Franz Franz-Joseph (Austria)

Dominance of Military Planners in DecisionDecision-Making

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Germanys y Schlieffen Plan

T Tsar Nicholas Ni h l

Germanys Schlieffen Plan

III. Outbreak of War

July 1914: Austrian A hd k FranzArchduke Franz F Ferdinand visits S j Sarajevo z Serb Black Hand and Gavrillo Princip
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The mug shot that launched millions of deaths

The Initial German Advance

Germanys Germany s advance halted at the Battle of the Marne z Race to the Sea z Four years of stalemate on the Western Front
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Advances in First World War

IV. Explaining the War: Realism

IV. Explaining the War: Liberalism

IV: Explaining the War: Identity

(Combined) Causes of World War I

V. Fallout from WW I
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Attempts to Reduce German Power

War Guilt z Reparations z Reduced R d dB Borders d z Disarmament
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New States N S (S (Self (Selflf-Determination) D i i ) z Collective Security z Revolution in Russia z Psychological/Cultural

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