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Samuel Bowles’ opinion piece titled Warriors, Levelers and the Role of Conflict in Human Social Evolution (2012) discusses the role of conflict in human history. His outlook is that intra-group conflict catalyzed major societal developments. The developments that Bowles focuses on are “democracy, the rule of law, and a propensity to help others and to abhor injustice” (p. 876). The formation of democracy, Bowles contends, was dependent on the culmination of a single national entity that…

World War I was a global war that initiated in Europe in 1914 and lasted until 1918. What activated this war was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the duke of Austria-Hungary. Since a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip was the one who killed the duke, this triggered many European allies to form together to attack their enemies. The allies during the war was Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States vs. Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Although the…

A letter from John William Law shows the truth of World War I from an experienced Canadian soldier, who has taken his turn at the front line trenches. Law writes about his perspective of current events in the war, the harsh unknown realities of war, and new, unfamiliar truths of a life left at home. John’s positive thoughts on the Battle of Vimy and questioning thoughts of the new American troops shows the attitude of many Canadian soldiers in 1917. Law describes an American he encountered as,…

• When war ends, when the last shots are fired, peace is officially declared and the boys go home doesn’t necessarily mean the violence from that war suddenly disappears and everyone starts singing Kumbaya. That was not the case for the Great War mostly due in part by para-militarism that occurred in eastern and southern Europe after the Great War had ended. Para-militarism can be described as a group of noncombatants organized as a military force for the purpose of either helping or…

World War 1 was expected to be the war to end all wars. When the first war began in 1914, it was presumed to end around Christmas time. Instead, it ended four years later in 1918. At the beginning of the war, America chose to stay neutral, however the country was never really neutral as it mainly helped the Allied side. The Americans public attitude changed negatively towards WW1 during the years 1914 to the 1920’s shortly after the war because of the unstable issue of neutrality, the actual…

Libya’s involvement in Chad can be dated back to the early 1970s, when Gaddafi had begun to support the FROLINAT, which were anti-government rebels. Libya occupied and annexed the Aouzou strip in 1975. This was an area of northern Chad that was adjacent to Libya’s southern border measuring 70,000 square kilometres . It is argued that Gaddafi’s motivation to move into norther Chad was due to personal and territorial ambitions, as well as tribal and ethnic affinities between the people of northern…

World War One was a devastation and to guarantee peace amongst the countries a treaty was created. The Treaty of Versailles affected countries such as France, Britain, Germany and the U.S. and it was used as a prevention for future wars. However, the Treaty of Versailles was unfair to Germany because they were excluded from negotiations, took all the responsibility and faced complications with their economy. Starting at the beginning, the treaty was made unfair because Germany was banned…

World war one took place between the year 1914-1916. The war began in Ireland during the Irish revolutionary period. Ireland was a part of Britain at the time the war started. At the outbreak of the war, most Irish people, regardless of political affiliation, supported the war in much the same way as their British counterparts, and both nationalists and unionist’s leaders initially backed the British war effort. Their followers, both Catholic and Protestant, served extensively in the British…

Although Germany played a large portion in the creation of the first world war, they are not entirely to blame for it. Yes, Germany has been lead by vicious leaders, only cared about themselves, and attempted to “bully” the rest of Europe; But if Germany was to sign the treaty every person in the country would be negatively impacted, the price to be paid would take a large amount of time, and Germany would lose almost all control of it self. There are multiple key reasons as to why Germany was…

George Clemenceau claims that the war is completely caused by the Germans. Also, he criticizes the ninety-three-super-intellectuals of Germany, which was issued to justify the military’s aggression and he states the document does not justify anything. Since, the German troops destroyed historical buildings, burned down libraries, mistreatment of non-soldiers and France had been getting war threats from Germany since 1871 to 1914. Lenin urged immediate action to be taken as any delays would be…