‘Ambitious border countries were the greatest threat to newly
independent states in the years after World War One.’ How far do you agree with
this statement?
Pre
War Europe was one in which was controlled by large dominant empires; which by
the end of the war had deteriorated to an extent which could not be reversed
and lost many key components which secures a country or Empire. This meant the
inevitable rise of new independent states created from the breakup
of European empires. These new states were to face many problems one of which
being the threat from those ambitious border countries who either lost out in
the war or gained, either way resulting in a frame of mind to gain more from
the weak newly created states which were now present, However were these
ambitious border countries the greatest threat?