Conservatism‚ Nationalism‚ and Prussification as driving forces of unification After the creation of the German Confederation‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ the Prussian representative in the union of German states‚ was determined to unite them into one single empire‚ with Prussia as its core. Prussia officially took over the rest of German sates by 1871‚ but in the meantime Bismarck implemented several internal and foreign policies to make that happen along with unification. After his speech on September
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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES ST. AUGUSTINE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES GOVT 2060 – INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THEORIES & APPROACHES COURSE OUTLINE SEMESTER I – 2011/2012 Lecturer (Day) : Dr. Indira Rampersad (indira.rampersad1@sta.uwi.edu) Lecturer (Evening) : Ms. Priya Marajh (priya_marajh@yahoo.com Lectures (Day) : Tuesdays‚ 1:00pm-4:00pm (Eng LT 1) Lectures (Eve) : Wednesdays‚ 5:00pm-8:00pm
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Ideas/Beliefs/Accomplishments/Why Important?: Karl Marx Industrial Rev Communism: History is record of Class struggle‚ reacted to industrialization‚ haves v. have nots Otto von Bismarck 1860s1890 Germany Nationalism‚ unification‚ realpolitik Simon Bolivar 1810s1822 Venezuela Nationalism‚ independence‚ Gran Colombia Napoleon Bonaparte 18001814 France Took control of most of Europe‚ inspired nationalism‚ wars‚ Congress of Vienna reaction to his dominance
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conference and without the Prussian presence there were no decisions taken and the conference collapsed. As well as embarrassing Austria the incident enhanced Prussian prestige and set them apart as the main German state. This early example of ‘realpolitik’ in Bismarck’s foreign policy isolated the power which Bismarck perceived as the biggest obstacle to German unification at the same time as allowing a notion of an empire under Prussian control to creep further into German national consciousness
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Since the 1820s‚ the Monroe Doctrine has been the foundation of the U.S. policy toward Latin America. However‚ it has been interpreted many different ways. Some U.S. presidents have broadly interpreted it‚ expanding its meaning. Others have taken it to mean only what it states. In a speech to Congress in 1823‚ President James Monroe issued a new policy concerning the threat of European intervention to inhibit American sovereignty. This came to be known as the Monroe Doctrine‚ which became the cornerstone
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hierachy. Alliances formed between Germany and other nations such as Russia and Austria cemented peace within Europe during the 1870’s and 1880’s‚ and Germany’s isolation of France (whom Prussia had defeated in 1871) could continue. The use of realpolitik showed a government that was progressive and willing to compromise. What Germany needed after Bismarck had served his time‚ was a leader who could maintain alliances but still take Germany forward. However decisions such as ousting Bismarck from
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Causes of World War I Essay World War I broke out on the 28th June 1914 when a Serbian terrorist group‚ who called themselves the Black Hand‚ assassinated Franz Ferdinand the heir to the Austrian-Hungarian throne. By the time the war had ended in 1918‚ it had taken the lives of more than nine million soldiers. Ever since‚ historians from all over the world have debated and discussed the reason for not only why and how the war came to pass‚ but the reason for the grand geographic scale of it. One
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| Unification of Germany | | | | HISTORY | | | Unification of Germany Introduction Economic success‚ political failure‚ and diplomatic tension marked the idea of a unified Germany in the period after the Napoleonic Wars. It was not clear around which power‚ Austria or Prussia‚ Germany could achieve national unification (Merriman 2010). Prussian merchants‚ with the support of the Prussian crown‚ established the customs and trade union known as the Zollverein in 1834 (AP
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Machiavelli’s Political Ideas and Influence By: Reed Rosencrans The Renaissance took place in Italy during the fourteenth through sixteenth centuries. The Renaissance was a “rebirth” and revival of political and social ideas from the Ancient Greek and Roman eras. One social ideal of the Renaissance was Humanism. Humanism was a Renaissance idea that emphasis human potential and ability. A political idea from the Renaissance was political realism. Political realism is when a ruler accomplishes
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The Great War was an atrocious and barbaric event that led to the deaths of millions all over the world. To properly understand the Great War from a cultural perspective‚ one must understand both the causes and ramifications of the Great War. Properly understanding both the causes and the ramifications helps one to understand the significant impact the war had on Western Civilization. Several causes helped spark this Great War which would affect the entirety of Western Civilization. First‚ Germany’s
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