... figure in German foreign policy, therefore appears useful. It can be argued that Germany was acting defensively but source six suggests that perhaps Germany was not only acting defensively but being ambitious as suggested in source two, "she has beaten and taken money and territory". This contradicts the view in source one that there would be "no welfare" for Germany without a strong army or navy. However source one is a speech therefore has to purpose of to promote a particular point of view, which may affect its utility. Germany to have "beaten and taken" would have had to have had a strong army already; therefore the increased expenditure made by Germany shown in source six can be Germany acting ambitiously. Source four supports the view of Germany being warlike. The Kaiser tries to justify reasons for going to war, "secret conversations in Paris and St Petersburg". But there was ...

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