Bismarck

In the science world, the term “catalyst” refers to something that speeds up a reaction. A catalyst increases the speed of a reaction without changing itself. Instead of asking why things happen, we should ask how things happen. What elements were involved in the equation and what catalysts (if any) were involved? In historical terms, asking how is far more valuable than asking why. For example, US citizens in 1963 may never be able to understand why President Kennedy was assassinated. They…

The most popular definition for nationalism is a love or loyalty to one’s country, but it is made up of much more. Nationalism is felt by large groups of people who have a common culture. They all experience the same religion, language and history and share a territory. These people often feel that their nation is better, and better off as an autonomous state that rules itself, and they might be willing to go to many extremes to achieve this. This nationalism has affected Italy and Germany as…

Three middle-aged European men single-handedly helped shape Europe to the land you see today. Before, Germany was a couple of Germanic states with no future of unification. Italy was seemingly worse, divided into three parts under three foreign rulers. During the 19th century the Germanic and Italian states, with the help of Garibaldi, Cavour, and Von Bismark, united using political and physical force through Nationalism. Count Camillo di Cavour used both physical and political force to unify…

Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince is a depiction of how a “prince” or namely anyone in a position of power is to act toward his subjects, army, adversaries, etc. The development of Machiavelli’s worldview can be better explained by his time spent as a diplomat, statesman, and prisoner, as his many interactions with individuals in positions of power led him to formulate his theories on power and how it should be maintained. The Prince was a unique piece of writing for its time, in what it praises…

Jake Mirto Mr. Dormer Global Studies 10 5/08/15 Nationalism and Imperialism played a huge role in the outbreak of World War I. Nationalism is the modern concept that people who share the same customs, culture, language, and history should share the same government. It became the most powerful European political ideology of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Imperialism is taking over a country or territory by a stronger nation with dominating political, economic, and social…

Therefore, health care systems are different around the world and are strongly affected by each country’s unique customs, history and political structure. Based on their financial source, the three main models of health care are the Beveridge Model, Bismarck Model and Private Insurance Model (Lameire, et al.,…

Who is there to really blame for the Great War? The question is not who but rather what caused the war. The Preliminary Peace conference’s decision on the responsibility of the authors of the war establishes a broad view of who and how initiated the war. The decision to blame only a couple of super powers is absurd considering that more than two participated in the war. According to Hunt Tooley’s more narrow explanation the blame does not lay solely on Germany and Austria- Hungary, because there…

“What strategic theory or theorist do you believe best explains the nature and character of warfare in the Twenty-First Century?” War involves the destruction of physical and material strength of the parties involved. Destruction of life, institution, law, morality, culture, property, etc. This exhibits the nature of war and hence inherently in human history there has been wars, there has been fighting, and there has been killing. It is happening today and possibly will continue in the future,…

The unification of a country requires a lot of diligent work from the people, and an overall great desire to achieve greatness. In order for a country to unify and work together from another, multiple components are required of the people and nations involved. They must be able to avert crisis, war, violence, and be capable of constantly working and sticking together. Not only are these necessary, but there are also times when a country MUST be unified in order to have some sort of…

conflict with the other powers, and that they were introduced not only for the purpose of making Germany a great power but also to instigate a war. In his first years in power Caprivi attempted to untangle the complex system of alliances and commitments Bismarck had created during his long stay in office, and it can be said that his most important decision in accordance with Weltpolitik was his decision not to renew the Reinsurance Treaty between Russia and Germany[2], however this was mainly…