A World History of Our Own Times: From the turn of the century to the 1918 armisticeSimon and Schuster, 1949 |
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... hoped soon to lead the world . They saw the new century as the German century . They looked to the past only for what it could teach them to prepare themselves and their coun- try for the years ahead . They hoped to continue the course ...
... hoped soon to lead the world . They saw the new century as the German century . They looked to the past only for what it could teach them to prepare themselves and their coun- try for the years ahead . They hoped to continue the course ...
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... hoped to dominate the crumbling Hapsburg Empire in Southeastern Europe , as they hoped to dominate the crumbling Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor . During the nineteenth century " the unspeakable Turk " -later known as " the sick man of ...
... hoped to dominate the crumbling Hapsburg Empire in Southeastern Europe , as they hoped to dominate the crumbling Ottoman Empire in Asia Minor . During the nineteenth century " the unspeakable Turk " -later known as " the sick man of ...
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... hoped that closer relations between England and Japan would cause strained relations between England and Russia and enable Germany to hold the balance of power between them . But he had his worries . The Triple Alliance expired during ...
... hoped that closer relations between England and Japan would cause strained relations between England and Russia and enable Germany to hold the balance of power between them . But he had his worries . The Triple Alliance expired during ...
Contents
THE WORLD OF 1900 | 7 |
CHAPTER PAGE 1 EUROPE AND GERMANY 3 | 7 |
THE LESSER TWOTHIRDS OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE | 23 |
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