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  2. Aftermath of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of World War I saw far-reaching and wide-ranging cultural, economic, and social change across Europe, Asia, Africa, and even in areas outside those that were directly involved. Four empires collapsed due to the war, old countries were abolished, new ones were formed, boundaries were redrawn, international organizations were ...

  3. Causes of World War I - Wikipedia

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    Some of the distant origins of World War I can be seen in the results and consequences of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870 and 1871 and the concurrent unification of Germany. Germany had won decisively and established a powerful empire, but France fell into chaos and experienced a years-long decline in its military power.

  4. World War I - Wikipedia

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    Before World War II, the events of 1914–1918 were generally known as the Great War or simply the World War. [1] In August 1914, the magazine The Independent wrote "This is the Great War. It names itself". [2] In October 1914, the Canadian magazine Maclean's similarly wrote, "Some wars name themselves. This is the Great War."

  5. List of national border changes (1914–present) - Wikipedia

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    Over 40% of the world’s borders today were drawn as a result of British and French imperialism. The British and French drew the modern borders of the Middle East, the borders of Africa, and in Asia after the independence of the British Raj and French Indochina and the borders of Europe after World War I as victors, as a result of the Paris ...

  6. Central Powers - Wikipedia

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    The First World War: Germany and Austria-Hungary 1914–1918 (2009). Herweg, Holger H., and Neil Heyman. Biographical Dictionary of World War I (1982). Hubatsch, Walther. Germany and the Central Powers in the World War, 1914– 1918 (1963) online [dead link ‍] Archived 16 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine; Jarausch, Konrad Hugo.

  7. Role of geography in World War I - Wikipedia

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    Imperialism before World War I had been on the rise since the mid-nineteenth century because industrialization had caused a growing need for natural resources. Regions like Africa and India had been settled by European countries in order to make profit and extend power. [ 2 ]

  8. Imperialism - Wikipedia

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    Imperialism is the maintaining and extending of power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism). Imperialism focuses on establishing or maintaining hegemony and a more or less formal empire.

  9. Foreign policy of the Woodrow Wilson administration - Wikipedia

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    The World War and American isolation : 1914-1917 (1959) online, a major scholarly study; Mayer, Arno J. Wilson vs. Lenin: Political Origins of the New Diplomacy 1917-1918 (1969) Safford, Jeffrey J. Wilsonian Maritime Diplomacy, 1913–1921. 1978. Smith, Daniel M. The Great Departure: The United States in World War I, 1914-1920 (1965).