Global Warfare C. 1900 - Present Flashcards

Flashcards reviewing key vocabulary terms and concepts related to global warfare from 1900 to the present.

Governance (GOV)

A variety of internal and external factors contribute to state formation, expansion, and decline. Governments maintain order through a variety of administrative institutions, policies, and procedures, and governments obtain, retain, and exercise power in different ways and for different purposes.

Internal and External Factors

Contribute to change in various states after 1900, including the collapse of the Ottoman, Russian, and Qing empires.

Mexican Revolution

Arose as a result of political crisis, challenging the existing political and social order.

Causes of World War I

Included imperialist expansion, competition for resources, territorial and regional conflicts, a flawed alliance system, and intense nationalism.

Total War (World War I)

Governments mobilized populations through political propaganda, art, media, and intensified nationalism. New military technology led to increased wartime casualties.

Economic Systems (ECN)

As societies develop, they affect and are affected by the ways that they produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.

Government Intervention in the Economy (Post-WWI)

Examples include the New Deal, the fascist corporatist economy, and governments with strong popular support in Brazil and Mexico.

Five Year Plans

The Soviet Union's government controlled the national economy through these plans, often implementing repressive policies.

League of Nations Mandates

Transfer of former German colonies to Great Britain and France under this system.

Manchukuo/Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

Territorial gains made by imperial states.

Anti-Imperial Resistance

Examples include the Indian National Congress and West African resistance to French rule.

Causes of World War II

Included the unsustainable peace settlement after World War I, the global economic crisis engendered by the Great Depression, continued imperialist aspirations, and the rise of fascist and totalitarian regimes.

Total War (World War II)

Governments used political propaganda, art, media, and intensified forms of nationalism to mobilize populations, and ideologies like fascism and communism to mobilize state resources.

Western Democracies Mobilizing for War

Great Britain under Winston Churchill and the United States under Franklin Roosevelt.

Totalitarian States Mobilizing for War

Germany under Adolf Hitler and the USSR under Joseph Stalin.

New Military Technology (WWII)

Included the atomic bomb and fire-bombing, leading to increased wartime casualties.

Social Interactions and Organization (SIO)

The process by which societies group their members and the norms that govern the interactions between these groups and between individuals influence political, economic, and cultural institutions and organization.

Extremist Groups in Power

Led to the attempted destruction of specific populations, notably the Nazi killing of the Jews in the Holocaust during World War II.

Genocide/Ethnic Violence Examples

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, Cambodia during the late 1970s, Tutsi in Rwanda in the 1990s, and Ukraine in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s.

Global Conflict Causes

Rapid advances in science and technology, coupled with challenges to the existing political and social order.