Discussion Questions – Pick Two:
How do the conflicts of ideologies left over from the age of Napoleon continue to add pressure to the European System? (Enlightenment Democracy/Monarchy/Class Conflict) In other words, is the War that ended peace the correct thesis, or was it the peace that created war?
How do the eroding European alliances create a system that is edging toward war? Was the Military build up to blame as the Hague Conventions seemed to argue?
How does the building of a German Navy create a system that unsettles the balance of power? Why does Wilhelm ignore Bismarck and build a Navy? What does this say about the leadership of Kaiser Wilhelm II?