Militarism
It referred to the belief that a country should keep a strong military power in order to defend or promote national interests. Spielvogel noted that “European military machines had doubled in size between 1890 and 1914” (762). Russia owned the largest number of soldiers, at 1.3 million, while the amount of armies in other European countries was high as well. The majority of the armies was composed of peasants, because the physique of many working class males could not meet the requirement for military service. It should be studied today because it played a key role in the breakout of the World War I. It stimulated the idea of European countries to make alliances in order to promote peace. While the negative consequence for theses alliances was that all the nations might be involved in the fight. This just showed in the conflict between Serbia and Austria-Hungary, which was one of the blasting fuses of the World War I.
the Lusitania
It was a British ship that was sunk by the German liner during the World War I, which caused the death of more than one hundred Americans. Spielvogel noted that the protest from the Americans forced the German
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Its opponent part was called the Allied Powers. Spielvoge noted that the attempt of the British Empire to set out a Balkan front by landing forces had disillusioned after Bulgaria entering into the war on the side of the Central Powers (770). The Italians explained their ideas to stand by the Allied side and promised to help obtain the Austrian territory. While they did not offer useful help due to the incompetent military. It should be studied today because the Central Powers, accounting for half of the power, played a significant role in the war. German, especially, was the only central power to fight on a worldwide scale, having a major impact on the ever fatal battle in the western