To think that the unification of Germany would be achieved primarily by their military strength is plausible, however to bring about the cooperation of so many independent states and solidify Wilhelm I position as German Emperor was achieved not merely by military prowess, but multiple coinciding forces. ... He simply ignored them, knowing all too well how necessary reforming the military was for his ambition of Prussian might. ... The Prussian military proved its discipline and strength during the Austro-Prussian War. What was necessary now was to bring in the south German states under Prussi...

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There is not clear-cut answer to whether globalization is a positive or negative process, globalization has brought about military, cultural and economic changes to the modern world, we can explore the advantages and disadvantages by looking particularly at the military alliances that countries have with each other, the introduction to foreign cultures into other countries and the efficiency of financial interdependence on other organizations or countries. ... Forming military alliances can be especially beneficial to the less equipped countries if they sign treaties with stronger and more p...

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I am going to look at how they portray foreign sport stars and also the jingoistic tendencies of the media which is fueled by great national interest and national identity. ... Again referring back to war times, and using military links. ... The British media and their portrayal of foreign sports stars is usually to make them look inferior to the British or English competitor that they are playing against. ... As is almost expected the press linked all the headlines with the traditional military innuendo's. ... Such military links may seem harmless but they are further evidence of how...

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The Allies decided on military occupation of Germany. ... In 1955, Russia recognized East Germany as a Sovereign state with power to conduct its own foreign affairs. ... On January 29, 1956, the German Democratic Republic joined hands with military with Soviet Union by creating a national peoples army (NVA) and joining a communist military alliance called the Warsaw Pact. ... The Brandt government decided to overturn two decades of West German foreign policy and to recognize the territorial status in Europe, including the division of Germany. ... From the beginning, West Germany's forei...

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A number of factors had greatly changed the way the military could react by the beginning of the First World War. ... For instance, the steam engine had brought trains, important for industry and trade as they could transport goods quicker, but also important for the military. ... Boundaries are permeable by more than just military application. We must remember that advancements in technology have effects on both the military and civilian aspects of society. ... Over the past few decades we have seen big firms setting up production in foreign countries (foreign direct investment). ...

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When Paul's military chief orders Paul and the soldiers to charge, Paul describes his mixed feelings of resentment towards death itself: "We have become wild beasts [...] ... I find I do not belong here any more, it is a foreign world" (Remarque 168). ... However, Paul has seen and committed too many barbarous and cold-blooded acts that he feels disconnected from the "foreign world" that is modern society. ... In addition, no German military force was allowed in Rhineland, which was occupied by the Allies for 15 years. ... Germany's military was limited to just 10...

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Germany was a country built upon its proud military history. Parades, marches, displays of pageantry, and military bands were common sites throughout cities in Germany long before the Prussian Empire. ... By 1919, streets were no longer filled with military marches. ... To complicate matters even more, Germany relied heavily on foreign trade. When other nations raised their tariffs and slowed foreign trade, Germany suffered. ...

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In 1945-46, theses supplies were initially paid for out of military funds (Hemmling, H D.) ... The Foreign Ministers of Great Britain (Bevin), France (Bidault) and the Soviet Union (Molotov) met on June 27, 1947 in Paris: The U.S. wanted to include the Soviet Union in the program for the reconstruction of Europe. ... "The report stated that the reconstruction of Europe should be achieved through the following measures: - increase in production, especially in agriculture and the energy industry; - improvement in the transport system; - modernization of industrial equipment; - creation of...

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Germans were victims of vast conspiracies mounted by foreign powers, capitalists, Marxists, Freemasons, and (above all) Jews - the gutter anti-Semitism Hitler had absorbed in Vienna. ... He held briefings with his senior military advisors, often in the company of Party officials and other hangers-on, each afternoon and late each night. ... These revolved around his personality, the depth of his knowledge, and his military experience, and Hitler's faults worsened problems in the German command system. After the war, the picture emerged of Hitler as a megalomaniac who refused to listen to h...

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Every tension can be attributed to one of four causes, nationalism, system of military alliances, military build up and colonial competition. ... Another possible cause of World War One was the intense military build up just prior to the war. ... These countries also built up "defensive" armies, the collection and hiring of military also served as preparation for war. ... In order to accomplish this Turkey depended largely on foreign trade with Germany. ...

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The pressure with the idea of the nation state is also rooted in the notion of attempts to cast off "foreign" interventions. ... However upon the invasion of Prussia by Napoleon, Fichte withdrew from these beliefs and went through an intellectual opposition toward any form of occupation from a foreign power and rather urged Germans to create a strong unification within Germany and unite on a common national identity (Benner 2013, p. 45). ... The introduction of the universal Principe de nationalite by Alphonse de Lamartine, the French foreign minister in 1848, gave France the authorisation to ...

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This was because the military generals who saw the need to sue for peace, did not want to take the blame for calling it quits. ... The Weimar Republic was formed in 1918 with some great achievements in political, cultural, foreign policies and economy, (Bergan,44-45) but it was still seen as imposed on to the German people and it was rejected. ... They could not compete agriculturally, Industrial production output went to 38% of pre World War 1 levels and foreign trade was halted. ...

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He learned that the finest thing for man to do was to conquer foreign countries, and that peace is a bad thing because it makes man weak. ... He left Vienna to get away from the mixture of races and to escape the military that he had to serve in with Jews. ... It wasn't bad enough that Hitler was conquering foreign countries and trying to rule the world, but he also began showing his hatred toward the different races. ... "(2) Seven and one-half million foreign civilians were forced to work as slave labor workers in Germany. ...

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American defense contractors were gathering revenues from the massive commitments the US military had made to West Germany in men and material. ... Green Joschka Fischer became Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister in the new government, which had two other Green Ministers (Andrea Fischer (Development) and Jurgen Trittin (Environment). ...

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The reparations demands and other features of the Versailles Treaty, as well as the fear of a revived Germany, prevented normal foreign relationships from developing. ... This was also reinforced by the propaganda of the German military, which continued to suggest that the German military defeat was caused by treason at home. ...

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The balance of power is the idea that the national security of a nation is expanded through military conquest and it's distributed so that one state won't be able to dominate all others. ... Imperialism is the desire to acquire land or extending a nation's power through military force. ... Economically, it was the desire to make a lot of money and expand foreign trade, competing for resources and exporting industrial technology. ...

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Governments printed more money in order to purchase military supplies causing each note to be worth less and prices to rise, Between 1913 and 1920 wages in Britain rose three-fold however the purchasing power of these wages rose only 9 per cent. ... This was because of the country's political system, which had led to its seclusion from foreign affairs. ...

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"In Auschwitz we see a genocide in which racial hatred was virtually the one and only motive carried out in disregard of any economic, political or military consideration."... China soon came under threat from counter-revolutionaries backed by a foreign nation. ...

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The Jews were banned from teaching, receiving a university education, working in the civil service, the media, and military and from owning businesses. ... Article 4 in the Enabling Act gave the power to Hitler's cabinet to form treaties with other foreign countries without the involvement of other people. ...

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