the Austro-Serbian hostility rooted to the pre-war crises. Serbia‚ which promoted the Greater Serbia movement‚ pledged to unite all Serbs in the Balkan Region to form a large‚ independent Slav country after bringing the neighboring country of Bosnia-Herzegovina under Serbian control. However‚ Serbia’s ambition was shattered when Austria-Hungary annexed the state. Russia intervened; she wanted to expand her influence in the Balkans and aided Serbia. On the other hand‚ Germany‚ who promoted Pan-Germanism
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Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia were two very imposing dictators who ruled their nations cruelly and powerfully. Their tactics worked in the short run to superficially hold together ethnic tensions. However‚ both countries violently imploded from decades of internal repression after Tito died in 1980 and Saddam was captured in 2003. Saddam Hussein was born in 1937 into a very troubled household. His brother and father died shortly before his birth‚ and his mother refused to
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three main underlying causes of WWI are nationalism‚ alliances‚ and militarism. In the years leading up to WWI‚ nationalism was gaining popularity. However‚ the group to stand up for their nation‚ setting off WWI‚ were Slavic peoples in Herzegovina and Bosnia. They wished not be part of Austria-Hungary‚ instead striving to
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"I wouldn’t mind if they needed to take [Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic] out‚" said Chris Walter‚ 23‚ a college student living in Chagrin Falls‚ Ohio. I felt the same way about Saddam Hussein. I think the longer you keep the problem around‚ the sooner it is going to come back and bite you." From the Washington Post April 18th‚ 1999 The horrors of the atrocities committed against Kosovo such as the targeted attacks on civilians‚ "ethnic cleansing"‚ and
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Discuss and analyze the similarities and differences between the genocide committed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia in the 1990s. The genocide in Rwanda and Yugoslavia in the 1990s resulted in massive murders to the population. Both genocides were similar in many ways. Both were caused by tensions between ethnic groups‚ and received little help from the world. Although both genocides had similar causes the consequences came out of it was different. The genocide in Rwanda and Yugoslavia were caused
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People believe that one of the ’major’ causes of world war one was the assassination of Arch-duke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist‚ by the name of Garvilo Princip. but that is not the case‚ while there was a different chain of events that directly lead to the fighting‚ the actual root causes are much deeper. These are the major reasons that are cited as the root causes of world war 1. Alliances: Over time‚ countries throughout Europe made mutual defense agreements that would pull them into
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peacemaking‚ however most of the countries who participated in this Congress were not completely satified. The Ottoman Empire‚ called at the time « the sick man of Europe » became more vulnerable than it was before‚ and tensions developped in Bosnia and Herzegovina since Austria gained a lot of territory thanks to the
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1. Austria and Hungary were previously independent entities. Through the Compromise of 1867‚ the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary united‚ but previous boundaries were unaffected. Austria’s land before the compromise already wrapped around Hungary’s‚ so there was no change (Siegel). 2. Austria-Hungary decided to invest into a strong navy‚ as predicted. While a significant portion of people thought it was a waste of money‚ the government funded it for defense. These dreadnoughts and submarines
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eager to build a state that would include all ethnic Serbs and was thus openly hostile to Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire‚ since both states included Serbian minorities within their borders. To block Serbian expansion‚ Austria took Bosnia and Herzegovina and this made Austria-Hungary have larger population of Serbians‚ which made the Serbians very upset. (McKay 835) Also‚ whether it was before or during upcoming First World War‚ any countries in Europe would put propagandas on other
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DISCRIMINATION ON ETHNIC GROUNDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Introduction Many societies all over the world have had to grapple with the problem of inter-group relations. Such concepts as apartheid‚ discrimination‚ prejudice‚ pogrom‚ ethnicity‚ hatred‚ fanaticism‚ intolerance‚ war and even terrorism are terms in common use all over the world. It is manifest that many societies tend to stratify themselves based on the strength of race or tribe. Ethnic discrimination represents one of the problems
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