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World War One The Origins of the Great War Individual Level: Kate Burns -- State Level: David Koenig -- International Level: Oswaldo Gonzalez

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World War One The Origins of the Great War

Individual Level: Kate Burns -- State Level: David Koenig -- International Level: Oswaldo Gonzalez

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Overview of World War One

●  Timeline of Conflict o  July 28, 1914- November 11, 1918 o  Sequence of Events in 1914

●  Belligerent Nations

o  Allied Powers (BE, FR, RU, USA, etc.) o  Central Powers (GR, AH, OE, BU)

●  Empirical Results

o  Status of Belligerent Nations o  Casualties from Conflict

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Territorial Results of WWI

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Individual Level of Analysis Kate Burns

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Individual Level of Analysis

●  Misperceptions of political leaders proved a main cause of the war.

●  Lack of empathy from each individual leader also a

contributing factor ●  Exceptionalism ●  Images of the leaders don’t necessarily reflect reality ●  Fear was the driving force of many decisions

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Individual Level - Germany ●  Kaiser Wilhelm

o  Severely stressed o  Potentially mentally ill o  Mercurial temper o  Incredibly paranoid o  Blinded by personal hate of the Slavs o  Overconfident in the beginning

●  Helmuth Von Moltke o  Melancholy o  Introspective o  Plagued by self doubt o  Struggled to make decisions o  Lacked flexibility

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Individual Level - Russia

●  Czar Nicholas II o  Apathetic and indifferent o  Out of touch with his people o  Wanted to preserve the absolute monarchy bequeathed to him by his father

●  Sergei Sazonov o  Foreign Minister o  Highly emotional o  Chauvinistic o  Blinded by hatred

●  Vladimir Sukhomlinov

o  Pleasure loving individual o  Lazy o  Compulsive liar o  Unreceptive to new ideas

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Individual Level - Austria-Hungary

●  Emperor Franz Joseph o  Defeated older man, simply wanted peace o  Impact of Deteriorating Health on Policy o  Indifferent Attitude

●  Conrad Von Hotzendorff (Chief of Staff):

o  Exhibited extreme national pride/ nationalistic ideals o  Motivated by pride and prestige o  Authoritarian

●  Count Leopold Von Berchtold (Foreign Minister):

o  Initially hesitant, then displayed common groupthink characteristics o  Deceitful o  Author of the Serbian Ultimatum o  Overconfident

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Individual Level Sources

Lieber, KeirLieber, Keir, The New History Of WWI And What It Means For International Relatinos Theory.” International Security, Volume 32, Number 2, Fall 2007, pp. 155-191

Stoessinger, John George. Why Nations Go to War. N.p.: Cengage Learning,

2010. Print. Cashman, Greg. What Causes War? N.p.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. Print. Walter, James. "Political Leaders and Their Publics.” International Journal

of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Special Issue: Psychoanalysis and Political Leadership I Volume 5, Issue 3, pages 153–170, September 2008

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State/Dyadic Level of Analysis David Koenig

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Post-Unification in Germany

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State/Dyad Level - Germany

●  Theories on Population and Economics o  Rapid Industrialization and Population Growth

§  Population Growth Relative to Neighbors §  Emerging Economic Relevance and Competition

●  Theories on State Conception of Power

o  Ambitions in Face of Lacking Colonial History o  Perception of World Powers (England/France)

§  Academic Teachings on English-German Relations o  State-wide Self-Confidence in Post-Unification

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Berlin and London in 1910

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State/Dyad Level - England

●  Theories on Hegemony & National Identity o  Existing Economic Hegemon → German Threat

§  Defense Against Germany Perceived as Threat §  Dyadic Political & Economic Dilemma

o  Naval Superiority but Weaknesses in Land Warfare ●  Theories on State Dyadic Tension

o  Reconciliation with France at Start of 20th Century §  Recognition of German Industrial Capacity

o  Attempts at Reconciliation with Germany Fail

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State/Dyad Level - France

●  Theory on French National History o  Alsace-Lorraine Region and Insecurity o  Nature of the French-German Dyadic Conflict

●  Recognition of Internal State Weaknesses

o  Increased Relations with England and Russia o  German Misperception of French Strength

●  French Leverage of Alliance Relations

o  Moroccan Crisis (1905, 1911)

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Other States and Conclusions

●  Austria-Hungary o  Austrian Dependency on Germany o  Legitimacy Maintained by German Relations o  Violation of Berlin Treaty with German Backing

●  Russia o  Discontent from Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) o  National Interests Supercede Historical Relations

●  State and Dyadic Level Conclusions o  State Demographics Impact Dyadic Relations o  State National Identity/Conception is Important o  Dyadic Alliances Influence State Behavior o  State Bureaucratic Systems Can Impact Behavior

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State Bureaucracy and Mobilization

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State/Dyad Level References

Gellman, Peter. "The Elusive Explanation: Balance of Power ‘Theory’ and the Origins of World War I." Review

of International Studies 15.02 (1989): n. pag. JSTOR. Web.

Johnston, William M. "Some Causes of World War I and Historians' Taboos." The Journal of General

Education 39.2 (1987): 77-84. JSTOR. Web. 9 May 2014.

Reynolds, D. "The Origins of the Two `World Wars': Historical Discourse and International Politics." Journal of

Contemporary History 38.1 (2003): 29-44. JSTOR. Web.

Stoessinger, John George. Why Nations Go to War. N.p.: Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.

Turner, Edward Raymond. "The Causes of the Great War." The American Political Science Review 9.1 (1915):

16-35. JSTOR. Web. 9 May 2014.

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International Level of Analysis Oswaldo Camarena-Gonzalez

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Polarization

●  Numerous relatively great powers ●  Minor vs major wars ●  Immediate vs. long-term alliances

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Long Cycle Theory

●  Challenger vs. Hegemon o  Germany vs. Britain

●  Naval power ●  U.S.A

o  New world power; hegemonic succession

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Long Cycle Theory Cont.

Development → Growth → Maturation → Saturation → Recession → Depression

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Wallerstein’s Capitalist World

By 1914 the United States had already passed Great Britain and germany in terms of:

1. Industrial Production 2. Leading sector position 3. Gross national production ●  U.S global leadership: Initiator or defender? ●  Is socialism a solution?

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Wallerstein’s Capitalist World Cont.

Treaty of Versailles ordered that Germany to pay huge sums in reparations to the Allies.

●  In 1921, as Germany could not pay French and Belgian troops invaded and occupied the Ruhr to take goods and raw materials. o  During 1923 Germany printed more money to pay

striking workers. §  Hyperinflation

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Power Cycle

Balance of power → Transformation ●  Structural uncertainty

○  Vulnerability→ International system affected ●  Equilibrium

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International Level References

The Great War by PBS The Holocaust Explained WWI by The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 2013 The Economics of WWI by Carlos Lozada of the National Bureau of

Economic Research Causes of WWI by by Brenden Dannaher & Paul Latham of the

CLEARVUE, 1999 Cashman, Greg.What causes war. July 29, 2013.

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Questions to Consider 1.  What is attractive about an individual explanation which focuses on

Archduke Franz Ferdinand? Is there any merit to this focus or is it merely a historical anomaly?

2.  Do explanations considering the powerful nature of bureaucracy and standard operating procedures tend to reinforce theories that also consider the individual personalities of World War One, or do they negate each other?

3.  Can the United States be held partly responsible for WWI given its inaction in the early years of the war? Do hegemonic, or rising hegemonic, powers have a certain responsibility in the international system?

4.  Can dyadic relationships between states exist without influence from the greater international system? Is the study of a dyadic relationship in WWI a unique perspective, or merely a reconstruction of state behavior in the international system?