Historian quotes

Emergence of Hitler’s Germany

Conditions:

Kershaw - "Hitler was ‘helped into power”

Methods:

Williamson - Hitler = “a genius in appealing to the Germans”

Emergence of Mao’s China

Conditions:

Hsu - “publicly auctioned relief materials for personal gain”

Methods:

Dikotter: “Mao turned ideology on its head”

Causes of WWI in Europe

Ideological & political: 

Evans - Serbian nationalism was “profoundly disruptive”

Territorial & economic:

Craig - German naval program “directed against Great Britain”

Causes of WWII in the Pacific

Ideological & political:

Pyle - war sentiment caused by Japanese ultranationalism

Steiner - US “misjudged the extent of the Japanese commitment”

Economic & territorial:

Hastings - oil embargo = “the tipping factor”

Practices of WWI

Tech & tactics

Dailey: trench warfare necessitated the development of new technology and tactics

Mobilisation

Evans: “silent dictatorship” in Germany

Practices of WWII

Tech & tactics:

Overy -  ‘Superior technology and tactics crucial to USA victory.’

Mobilisation:

Hastings - US industrial power more crucial than its military

Effects of WWI

Peacekeeping & political

Lowe: Peace treaties were "not a conspicuous success.’’

Territorial & socio-economic

Bell: “a legacy of severe economic disruption.”

Effects of WWII

Peacekeeping & political

Wells & Fellows: ‘Stability did not emerge”

Territorial & socio-economic

Thompson: “the old order had receded”