Analyse the problem of the national question with regard to Germany and Italy. The political map of nineteenth century Europe was very different to the one which people are now familiar with, for the majority of nations that exist now ceased to exist then. The majority ... of contemporary nations were either part of the multi-ethnic and linguistic Austrian Empire or were small independent monarchical states or even both. This change in the European map is due to the concept of nationalism which emerged from the French revolution in 1789, to become the most successful political force of the n...

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... done to us." The Versailles Treaty was presented to Germany by the allied powers in 1919. The good things about this treaty is that it kept Germany together, the European map was basically re-drawn, and the league of nations is formed. This treaty basically stripped Germany of everything though.. They were blamed for every thing and ordered to pay the ... ...

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... created tensions between Serbia and the Austria-Hungary Empire. Alert that the Dual-Empire faced destruction, Austrian leaders saw Serbia as a deadly enemy that had to be "erased from the map." (Heyman, 5). Therefore nationalism set the grounds for the succession of climaxing issues that would lead to war. As nationalism caused restlessness between the growing nations, a diplomatic system assuring national security ... ...

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... created tensions between Serbia and the Austria-Hungary Empire. Alert that the Dual-Empire faced destruction, Austrian leaders saw Serbia as a deadly enemy that had to be "erased from the map." (Heyman, 5). Therefore nationalism set the grounds for the succession of climaxing issues that would lead to war. As nationalism caused restlessness between the growing nations, a diplomatic system assuring national security ... ...

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... . This was a big lead-in to the First World War because in addition to the clash between nation-states, there was rising internal friction within nation-states as well. The map of the European alliance system in Thick Facts 1 can be helpful to understand why Germany in particular was itching for a war. Within the Triple Entente, only France and Russia were ... ...

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