In what ways did war shape the nation-state, as it developed in the nineteenth century? You should draw on at least 3 of the case studies examined in the unit.
The Napoleonic Wars (1803-15), saw the proliferation of the idea of the total warfare. With Napoleon fiercely promoting nation-wide militarisation, propaganda and fervent patriotic rhetoric. The Franco-Prussian War (1870) actually enabled the formation of a new nation-state, being the German Empire. Infusing national fervour and creating a militaristic German national culture. The First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5)saw the Japanese nation use war as a platform of diverging from traditionalism, in the form of China, and looking to new horizons. War became a path to modernism.
The Napoleonic Wars (1803-15), saw the proliferation of the idea of the total warfare. With Napoleon fiercely promoting nation-wide militarisation, propaganda and fervent patriotic rhetoric. The Franco-Prussian War (1870) actually enabled the formation of a new nation-state, being the German Empire. Infusing national fervour and creating a militaristic German national culture.
ReplyDeleteThe First Sino-Japanese War (1894-5)saw the Japanese nation use war as a platform of diverging from traditionalism, in the form of China, and looking to new horizons. War became a path to modernism.