Michael Howard The Causes Of War Summary

In entering World War 1, the United States proved to it’s citizens that not a single care would be given about their sons, fathers, brothers. The stock brokers, manufacturers and bankers prospered immensely from the vile that went on in the period of four years. The so figuratively called “masters” in Eugene V.Cantons speech, control the masses to their free will. Eugene also believed that the “master” class has always declared wars for their own personal benefits. The masters chose wars for their subjects to fight. Eugene states in his speech “No war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people.” And this holds true because the fact that the federal lords and barons of wall street have turned the common man against itself in search for
Michael Howard's short manifesto has impacted the way many people look at war, and how they start. Michael without a shadow of a doubt states in his essay The Causes Of War, “Force, or the threat of it, may not settle arguments, but it does play a considerable part in determining the structure of the world in which we live.” Although Michael merely shrugs at the claims made by sociobiologists he also brings a few important ideas to the table himself. When Michael discusses the subject of fear in parallel to the idea of U.S joining WW1 he tries to emphasize that as a justifiable reason to take part in the war. The author does so by showing how fear was inevitable in the national community. The idea of fear may be a resounding case in the ears of a poor man, the fat cats in Wall Street did not fear anything that would come their way. The idea that billions of dollars would be borrowed from the Federal Reserve and millions of expensive stocks would be sold for mere dollars in NASDAQ was too good of an opportunity to pass up for the robber