Nationalism inspired the unifications of Italy and Germany. In Italy, nationalist groups such as Mazzini's Young Italy spread nationalist ideas that later helped Cavour and Garibaldi unite the peninsula in the hopes of promoting Italian civilization. In Germany, Bismarck manipulated nationalism to create support for wars that he used to unite the German states in order to protect Prussian security.
Germany was a superpower in the early 1900s. Because of the kind of government Germany had. It wanted to be more than s super power. They wanted to be a world power. Nationalism had propaganda, and because of that, people of the nation would like them more, and live with their belief's. Nationalism is government you would not want to live in. The head of state would have all the power a person could ask for. Which nationalism government's would pose a threat to nations such as Switzerland, France, United Kingdom, Russia, and USA. Theses types of governemnts would protect themselves if it meant destroying the world.
