Zimmermann Telegram Themes
Manipulation
How do you get foreign governments to do whatever you want? Glad you asked. Step one: always remember to mention how cool and strong your military is. This will ease negotiations on your end. Step...
Fear
When the Zimmermann Telegram was sent, Germany had been at war for a couple of years and things had been going okay. Not great, just so-so. They didn't have a lock on this thing yet, and actually i...
Pragmatism
In the decades leading up to the First World War, Germany had given birth to an ugly baby that they named realpolitik. It basically meant that the answer to everything in politics was "just do it."...