Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 33: THE BUILDING OF GLOBAL EMPIRES

Internet Activities: German Imperialism

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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1901kaiser.html

What does this short excerpt from Kaiser Wilhelm II explain about the German imperialist motives?
2
Compare that text to the memoirs of a soldier in the German South African army: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1904freesen.html. What does the soldier think of his mission? Of the natives he encounters in battle? Is there any common ideological ground between these two texts? If so, what is it?
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