Cold War Research Paper
A grand design for peace
“War never changes”, since our first ancestors discovered the power of rocks and bones, war has shaped our human civilization and changed it into an infernal cycle of death and destruction. The 21th century Man has not changed much compared to his caveman ancestor, he might be using more sophisticated devices to bring death and chaos, but he is still ignited by the same destructive flame. The human race has always based its development on war, from the Roman Empire to the post-modern globalized world, and such a fundamental element of the human nature can hardly be changed without radical measures.
Peace is an ideal, it has haunted numerous thinkers and philosophers over the ages, but even after more than two millennia, …show more content…
The two conflicting blocks realized the madness of their actions and the imminence of a destructive nuclear war, and decided to work toward a peaceful global environment. The end of the cold war and the sharp decrease of inter-state conflict can be seen as a direct repercussion of this appeasement period, but even the efforts of the two hegemonic superpowers have shown to be insufficient to truly establish a new world based on peace and cooperation. The conclusion of the cold war might have terminated the nuclear war terror, but wars and conflicts have only increased in number and intensity since the beginning of the new …show more content…
In other words, war cannot be avoided or vanquished because of its essential place in the creation of history. Even when the world is at the brink of peace, like the post-cold war period, events rise and plunge the world back into its destructive history. The 9/11 attacks and the ensuing war on terror proved once again the theory of historical cyclicity right, and showed us the stark reality of our civilization. In its endless cycle and with the help of the increasing destructive capability of modern weaponry, war will surely bring about the “end of history” as John F. Kennedy puts into words “if man fails to conquer war, war will conquer
“War never changes”, since our first ancestors discovered the power of rocks and bones, war has shaped our human civilization and changed it into an infernal cycle of death and destruction. The 21th century Man has not changed much compared to his caveman ancestor, he might be using more sophisticated devices to bring death and chaos, but he is still ignited by the same destructive flame. The human race has always based its development on war, from the Roman Empire to the post-modern globalized world, and such a fundamental element of the human nature can hardly be changed without radical measures.
Peace is an ideal, it has haunted numerous thinkers and philosophers over the ages, but even after more than two millennia, …show more content…
The two conflicting blocks realized the madness of their actions and the imminence of a destructive nuclear war, and decided to work toward a peaceful global environment. The end of the cold war and the sharp decrease of inter-state conflict can be seen as a direct repercussion of this appeasement period, but even the efforts of the two hegemonic superpowers have shown to be insufficient to truly establish a new world based on peace and cooperation. The conclusion of the cold war might have terminated the nuclear war terror, but wars and conflicts have only increased in number and intensity since the beginning of the new …show more content…
In other words, war cannot be avoided or vanquished because of its essential place in the creation of history. Even when the world is at the brink of peace, like the post-cold war period, events rise and plunge the world back into its destructive history. The 9/11 attacks and the ensuing war on terror proved once again the theory of historical cyclicity right, and showed us the stark reality of our civilization. In its endless cycle and with the help of the increasing destructive capability of modern weaponry, war will surely bring about the “end of history” as John F. Kennedy puts into words “if man fails to conquer war, war will conquer