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    The document discusses the origins and causes of World War I. It began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 which led to escalating tensions between the great powers of Europe and their allies. Multiple factors contributed to the outbreak of war, including militarism, nationalism, imperialism, and a system of alliances that drew more countries into the fighting. The war quickly escalated from a regional conflict into a global war of unprecedented scale and violence.

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    The document discusses the origins and causes of World War I. It began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 which led to escalating tensions between the great powers of Europe and their allies. Multiple factors contributed to the outbreak of war, including militarism, nationalism, imperialism, and a system of alliances that drew more countries into the fighting. The war quickly escalated from a regional conflict into a global war of unprecedented scale and violence.

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    World War I

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    The document discusses the origins and causes of World War I. It began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 which led to escalating tensions between the great powers of Europe and their allies. Multiple factors contributed to the outbreak of war, including militarism, nationalism, imperialism, and a system of alliances that drew more countries into the fighting. The war quickly escalated from a regional conflict into a global war of unprecedented scale and violence.

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    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 theh W War
    V.
    V Fallout
    I. A New Type of War
    z Global War z Unprecedented
    z Total War C
    Carnage
    Trench Warfare
    Trench Warfare
    Trench Warfare
    Gas Victims
    II. Levels of Analysis – A. International
    z 1. Germany Unification z 2. Military Planning (Rapid)
    3. Balance of Power in Europe
    B. State/Domestic Level
    z Nationalism
    z Social Darwinism
    z Multinational Empires
    (Austria--Hungary and Ottoman)
    (Austria
    z A
    Aggressive
    i GGerman P
    Policies
    li i
    z Social Unrest
    z Complacency about War

    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
    z Weakness of the Key Leaders
    z Kaiser Wilhelm II
    z Tsar Nicholas
    z Emperor Franz
    Franz--Joseph (Austria)
    z Dominance of Military
    Planners in Decision-
    Decision-Making
    z Germany’s
    y Schlieffen Plan

    T
    Tsar Nicholas
    Ni h l
    Germany’s Schlieffen Plan
    III. Outbreak of War
    z July 1914: Austrian
    A hd k Franz-
    Archduke Franz
    F -
    Ferdinand visits
    S j
    Sarajevo
    z Serb ‘Black Hand’
    and Gavrillo Princip

    The mug shot that


    launched millions
    of deaths
    The Initial German Advance
    z Germany’s
    Germany s advance
    halted at the Battle
    of the Marne
    z “Race to the Sea”
    z Four years of
    stalemate on the
    Western Front
    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
    z Attempts to Reduce German Power
    z War Guilt
    z Reparations
    z Reduced
    R d dB Borders
    d
    z Disarmament
    z New States
    N S (S
    (Self
    (Self-
    lf-Determination)
    D i i )
    z Collective Security
    z Revolution in Russia
    z Psychological/Cultural
    Europe 1921

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