WebFischer's main thesis - perhaps over-emphasized by the title "Grasping at World Power" - is that Germany was ready to resort to war in order to establish herself as a "Weltmacht," a Great Power, that is, which could take its place along with the other world powers, who had established their position in the world before Germany had WebFischer alleged the German government hoped to use external expansion and aggression to check internal dissent and democratization. Some of his work is based on Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg's Septemberprogramm which laid out Germany's war aims.
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WebThe Fischer thesis, the new revisionism and the meaning of the First World War JOHN C. G. RÖHL* International Affairs91: 1 (2015) 153–166 © 2015 The Author(s). International … Webi Acknowledgements I would like to thank my research collaborators Marcelo Cavalcanti, Wellington Corr^ea, and most especially my advisor Irena Lasiecka, without whom this … cud wafer
The Fischer Controversy, the War Origins Debate and …
WebDec 9, 2015 · Dr Tobias Fischer conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of computer vision, cognitive robotics and computational … WebAs part of his critique of Fischer, Ritter contended that Germany's principal goal in 1914 was to maintain Austria-Hungary as a great power, and thus German foreign policy was largely defensive as opposed to Fischer's claim that it was mostly aggressive. WebFischer Challenged 2. Another challenge made to Fischer's thesis was that there was very little evidence that the outbreak of war constituted a grasp for world power. Instead a group of historians suggested that the war broke out because of a sense of encirclement felt by Germnay. They argued that the majority of Germany's foreign policy was ... easter map