Political Geography in the Time of a New Hundred Years’ War: 1914–2022 and Beyond

Miscellanea Geographica

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Marcin Wojciech Solarz¹ 

[1] Department of Political and Historical Geography, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies University of Warsaw

关键词: World wars;    new hundred years’ war;    Russia;    geopolitics;    political geography;   

DOI  :  10.2478/mgrsd-2022-0012

来源: Walter de Gruyter GmbH

【 摘 要 】

History can be divided in various ways: into even, “academic”centuries, uneven ages, eras of international orders, periodsmarked by economic revolutions, and geological epochs, withthe Anthropocene crowning the course of history, etc. However, adifferent outlook is also possible. The genetic link between WorldWars I and II was observed many years ago. It gave rise to thenarrative of the new 30 years’ war: from the shots being fired inSarajevo in 1914 until the arrangements made in Potsdam in 1945(Davies 1998, pp. 957-958; Encyklopedia PWN. Kalendarium dziejów świata2006, p 346; Solarz 2012, pp. 63–64). World War I failed to resolve therivalry between the great powers — while Germany and Russiayielded, their ambitions were not curbed. World War II was theresult of their endeavours to revise the order developed in Versaillesand Riga. Once again, however, this great conflict ended withouta final resolution. Although Germany was defeated and forced toundergo changes, the other aggressor was among the victors andits appetite was not dampened.

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