HIST103: World History in the Early Modern and Modern Eras (1600-Present)

6.3: Global Impact

• 6.3.1: Devastation of Europe

  • International World History Project: Wallbank and Jewsbury's "Economic Disasters"

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• 6.3.2: Treaty of Versailles

  • BBC History: Dr. Ruth Henig's "Versailles and Peacemaking"

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  • International World History Project: Dr. Robert Guisepi's "Tragic War and Futile Peace: World War I, Part 2"

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  • Woodrow Wilson's "Speech on the Fourteen Points, Jan 8, 1918"

    American President Woodrow Wilson delivered this speech on January 8, 1918, less than a year after the United States officially entered the First World War I. In the speech, Wilson presents a blueprint for postwar peace and reconciliation. He argues against European colonization and asserts that colonized peoples should be able to govern themselves. Finally, he argues for the creation of a "general association of nations" in order to guarantee peace and freedom throughout the world.

• 6.3.3: The Postwar Settlement

  • BBC History: Martin Kitchen's "The Ending of World War I, and the Legacy of Peace"

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  • BBC History: Charles Townshend's "The League of Nations and the United Nations"

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  • Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: "Mandates and Trusteeships--League of Nations Mandates"

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