1. The Big One
In order to fully grasp the causes of the First World War, and in order to eventually determine responsibility for the war, the state of affairs before its inception, including the events and intellectual climate in the previous century, must be recognized and acknowledged as vital components in the shaping of events that led to hostility and mobilization. The prevailing intellectual state in the mid to late nineteenth century was one of change. ... Nietzsche's idea of the "ubermensch" gave rise to a number of notions concerning the superiority of certain races over others and streng...
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