<b>The Drift Towards War</b><br>"Lead this people into war‚ and they ’ll forget there was ever such a thing as tolerance. To fight‚ you must be brutal and ruthless‚ and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fiber of national life‚ infecting the Congress‚ the courts‚ the policeman on the beat‚ the man in the street." <br><br>It is one of history ’s great ironies that Woodrow Wilson‚ who was re- elected as a peace candidate in 1916‚ led America into the first world war. With the help
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Poison Gas There were many small things that eventually caused World War I. The spark that started the First World War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914 (Duffy). The killing was blamed on the Serbians‚ making the Austrian-Hungarians declare war on them. Russia was bound to a treaty with Serbia so it made Russia have to step in. Because Russia stepped in‚ more and more countries had to get involved due to
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THE FIRST WORLD WAR PLANNED OR THE RESULT OF ACCIDENT AND MISCALCULATION? In the immediate view‚ it seems that there are two main arguments attributed to the origins of the First World War. One is that the war was planned‚ the other that it occurred due to accident and miscalculation. I aim to give a detailed analysis of these two arguments with the focus being on the main European powers at the time - Germany‚ Great Britain‚ France and Russia. It is my view that the First World War was effectively
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The First World War spanned four years and involved many nation states. World War I began after the Archduke( Franz Ferdinand) of the decaying Austro-Hungarian empire was assassinated in Sarajevo on June 28‚ 1914 by a group of Serbian nationalists. This event began the struggle between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian government. On 28 June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz-Ferdinand‚ wearing his seven lucky charm and his light-blue cavalry dress with bullet proof‚ and his wife visited Sarajevo‚ the
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World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I: An Inevitable Outcome World War I can best be depicted as a perfect storm‚ beginning with a single act of terrorism. This act would bring about the deluge to come‚ presenting as the catalyst to a particularly explosive state of affairs amongst the nations of the world. Persian statesman Otto von Bismarck “was quoted as saying at the end of his life that "One day the great European War will come out of some damned
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World War I has been a controversial topic in the sense that who should take responsibility for not only causing it but how it brutally affected the world. Professor V. R. Berghahn makes the argument that evidence indicates Germany’s role in World War I was the main factor responsible for the conflict. To prove his argument he focuses on the framework of Germany’s economy‚ society‚ culture‚ and politics from 1871 to 1914. While Samuel R. Williamson argues that the factors and conditions that led
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World War I was a tragic historic event that lasted four years long- starting from 1914 to 1918‚ which had cost many lives. There are many causes that had resulted the war- militarism‚ alliances and imperialism. However the most significantly underlying cause of World War I is through imperialism. Militarism is an important cause of World War I. In 1890‚ the five powers of Europe- Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Great Britain‚ France and Russia- had spent British pounds mostly on armaments. In 1914‚ which
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font. 1. When did World War I begin? When did the United States enter World War I? -World War I was initiated in 1914 by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. It ended in 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles. The United States became a part of World War I in 1917. 2. How many Europeans died during World War I? How many Americans? - There were about 10‚879‚000 Europeans who died during World War I. About 120‚144 Americans died in action of the war‚ of wounds‚ of diseases
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15: World War I and the Home Front World War I‚ also known as the Great War‚ was a global war centered around Europe. The first four years of “total war” that constituted World War I (1914-1918) changed the lives of not only the men who fought as soldiers‚ but the people who remained at home. Some effects of the Great War on the European home fronts during the first course of the war were nationalistic feelings‚ working women‚ dwindling food supplies‚ and the rise of socialism. When the war first
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World War II was one of the most brutal wars in history. From 1939 to 1945‚ the Axis and Allies fought and many lives were lost. After World War I‚ the “war that was supposed to end all war”‚ many countries were at economic recession and no one was prepared for another war. But‚ unfortunately too many things built up which caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany. There were three main causes of WWII. The Treaty of Versailles was one main reason of World War II. It was a poorly written
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