ABSTRACT
The continent of Europe, homeland of modern nationalism, has been subjected to the impact of historical homogeneity and geographical heterogeneity. Britain's devolution of her empire was not matched by a conterminous liquidation of nationalism. European nationalism was a major force in the origins of both world wars of the twentieth century. Britain's political relations with Europe had long been characterized by that sense of "splendid isolation" so conducive to nationalism. The retreat to political nationalism was open and clear-cut, but economic nationalism brought with it some problems. If the British attitude toward the new nationalism remained hesitant and fluctuating, that of the French was clear-cut and unyielding. The German nationalism which crystallized out of this romanticism drew the attention of apostles who despised the Western community. Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia was influenced by old-fashioned ideas of nationalism and declared his neutrality between Russia and the capitalistic nations.
