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Skilled workers were more important to industry and some could secure safe assignments at home. Unskilled young males and junior officers paid with their lives the most. The generation conflict was also widened by the war as Veterens' disillusionment fed off of anger towards the older generation for sending them to the trenches.<br><br>Governments took on many new powers in order to fight the total war. War governments fought opposition by increasing police power. Authoritatian…

Marks presents problems within the League and the lack of strong, realistic, and solid European diplomacy which caused weak international agreements that fueled the illusion of peace and clouded the vision of Europeans. The first argument is that the illusion of peace was heightened by the actions of the League of Nations. Greece’s unwarranted invasion of Bulgaria and Bulgaria’s call for help initiated Briand to call an emergency session. The unanimity of the major powers on the course of action…

Though the United States Congress agreed with Wilson’s plan, and though his idea of implementing a league of nations that would work together for peace in the years to come, most of his “Fourteen Points” faced repudiation in favor of the expectation that Germany pay for the war. First, many of the representatives present at the peace talks in Paris were…

planning on allowing large American banks to utilize and increase the massive amounts of wealth that they had gained from the war. Wilson also achieved including some of his fourteen point in the treaty of Versailles, such as setting up the League of Nations. The League of Nation, even without American involvement, would become the hub of European power for the future. Another point he was able to include was the re-establishment of Poland 's independence. Unfortunately for Wilson, his successes…

international distrust. World War II could have been prevented if the Treaty of Versailles resolved the proper issues, if the League of Nation stopped Hitler before hand and by not imposing such impossible economic sanctions on Germany. Even…

Short Paper comparing the impact of WW I on the international relations of the Middle East to that of the Cold war During the administration of George H.W. Bush with the collapse of the Soviet Union a “New World Order” was proclaimed. I would put forth that there have been at least three major world orders: after World War I which was marked by increased colonialism. Major world order two, after World War Two and the rise of the super powers, third world order which we are in now- the collapse…

maximize their efficiency and output. Yet, the implemented system highly prioritizes people who graduate from only the top 15 to 20 universities. This lowers the incentive of those not in ivy leagues who have original and innovative minds which were unrecognized by many universities, while those in ivy league universities receive prestigious jobs with much less effort. Certain individuals who have the capacity to place into high ranked universities and cannot due to financial constraints, do not…

The Obstacles of Becoming Elite The elite within society are a small group of people who have access to many benefits that those ranked lower than them don’t have access to. This gives those at the top privilege, but this privilege is maintained by the institutions within society. Karen Ho introduces the idea of “smartness”, and how this label defines who is elite within society. She presents it as something that is created in order to maintain this eliteness. Joseph Stiglitz talks about how…

World War I started in the middle of 1914 because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war went on for 5 more years, until the Treaty of Versailles was created and commanded the armies to seize fire. World War I officially ended on June 28, 1919. This peace treaty kept from any wars starting for less than two decades, then came World War II. The Treaty of Versailles’ name came from where it was signed, the Versailles Palace. The Allies wrote the treaty and in order to have it…

failure of the liberals was this group nominated the League of Nations. By theory, this was a good thought, and if it was successful then the world would be a better place, but it just was not successful, and by the realist’s theory, world peace will never be achieved.The point of the League of Nations that sounded so positive was the fact of the collective security that dictated it. Because the thought of a collective security, such as that of the League of Nations, was such a great…