The balance of power system in place prior to WWI was meant to prevent a great war from ever happening again. Then what happened? Not just any great war, but THE Great War. What was this system and how was it supposed to work?
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Host: B. T. Newberg
Time/place: Europe, 1648-1914 CE
Dead Idea: Balance of Power
Main Sources
“The Assassinations at Sarajevo.” (1914, Jul. 11). The Outlook, p. 577.
“The Balkan Situation.” (1908, Oct. 17). The Outlook, p. 319-320.
Calquhoun, A. R. (1910, Jan.). “The New Balance of Power in Europe.” The North American Review. pp. 18-28.
“Death Agonies of the Triple Alliance.” (1906, Apr. 14). The Literary Digest, p. 575.
Edwards, A. (1912, Dec.). “The New Map of Europe.” The Outlook, p. 855-860.
“The Effect of the Polish Child Floggings on the Triple Alliance.” (1902, Feb. 1). The Literary Digest, p. 159.
“Europe and the Balkans.” (1913, May 17). The Outlook, p. 97.
“Europe’s Call to Arms.” (1914, Aug. 8). The Literary Digest, p. 215-216.
“Ferdinand of Bulgaria as Enfant Terrible.” (1897, Oct. 2). The Literary Digest, p. 682.
Frederick the Great. (1739/2017). Anti-Machiavel. Retrieved Mar. 15th, 2017, from: http://www.oocities.org/danielmacryan/antimac.html#chap26
“The German Bugaboo.” (1914, May 2). The Literary Digest, p. 1040.
Glenny, M. (2000). The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804-1999. New York: Viking.
Hubbard, J. M. (1890, Jul.). “Warlike Europe.” The North American Review, p. 125-126.
Low, A. N. (1914, Nov.). “Weakness of the German Machine.” The North American Review, p. 699-708.
Luard, E. (1992). The Balance of Power: The System of International Relations, 1648-1815. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Miller, H. A. (1914, Dec.). “Nationalism in Bohemia and Poland.” The North American Review, p. 879-886.
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“The Renewal of the Triple Alliance.” (1902, May 31). The Literary Digest, p. 748.
Schieder, T. (2000). Frederick the Great. Berkeley, S., and Scott, H. M., Ed./Trans. New York: Longman.
“Status Quo in the Balkans.” (1903, Oct. 10). The Literary Digest, p. 473-474.
Steiner, E. A. (1912, Nov. 9). “The Spirit of the Balkans.” The Outlook, p. 534-536.
Van Hise, C. R. (1919, Jan.). “Preventing Future Wars.” The Forum, p. 77-86.
“What Readers of the Outlook Think of the War.” (1914, Sep. 2). The Outlook, p. 44-47.
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