1. The Big One
Germany was affected by the idea of Pan-Germanism in a slightly different manner than Serbia was by Pan-Slavism. Germany, under Otto von Bismarck, was not interested in gaining new territories and redefining its borders. Bismarck's goal was to maintain the balance of power in Europe, at least until Germany was stronger, and to avoid a war on two fronts, which would involve France on the west and Russia on the east, at all costs. ... This statement, made by the moderate historian and publicist Hans Delbruck in 1899 in his Preussische Fahrbucher, not only represents the general prevailing o...
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