Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • Free Essays • My Term Papers • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Government & Politics WWI WWI I. The Bismarckian System of Alliances - france defeated in 1971 and force to give Alsace-Lorraine - bismark made Purssia-Germany weakest of the Great Powers - bismark concerns: keep france isolated and without military allies, threat to peace by Austria-Hungary and from Russia _germany might bedragged in - system of alliances would retrain Russia and Austria-Hungary to prevent conflict and isolated France - three emperors’ league- linked Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia against radical movements - triple alliance- italy joined germnay and Austria - Germany leadership in international affairs - Congress of berlin, 1878 special conference - failed to renew Russian-germany reinsureance treaty = germany and france becomes military allies - remained in effect as long as the Triple alliance 2 RIVAL BLOCS - britian = only uncommitted great power - Boer War (1899-1902) British and Dutch of s. Africa - British fears grand alliance of Germnay, Austria,france, and Russia, therefore, took up agreements first - Anglo-french = understand between british and france - France minister = Decasse who wanted better relation w/ brit. And allied w/ them - Germany teased britian and france = france and brit closer together - Germany insisted international conference on the whole Moroccan question - “love hate” relationship between germany and brit - *nationalism was destroying Ottoman Empire and threatening to break up Austro-Hungarian empire - Serbia aided by Russia, where they went against Austria - Austria- Hungary humiliated Serbia 3rd Balkan war, meaning Austria and Russia (left Serbia defeated) - if france and Russia goes to war, british stays neutral - gb joined france and declared war on germany Reflections on the Origins of the war - Triple entente gb, fance, and Russia Bibliography: Word Count: 322
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