The Summit League

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…

As the Great War began in 1914 and ended in 1918 , president Woodrow Wilson established his foreign policy which was known as “Liberal Internalism”, which is “A foreign policy doctrine that argues about how the liberal states should involve themselves in other sovereign states(United Nations) in order to pursue liberal objectives”.This policy went hand in hand and made it clear that it was now the united states turn to promote both a free market and a political democracy, which Wilson later did…

the end of the war, five years after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand which started the war. It said that the war was over between the Allied Powers and Germany. There were many conditions or regulations in the treaty such as Disarmament, the League of Nations, Reparations, Land redistribution, and the War guilt Clause. Disarmament is where a country…

It’s crazy how the weeks fly by when I start a new class. I can’t believe we are ending week three already! This week has been busy for me, but I enjoyed every assignment in this class. I am glad I chose this class when I was deciding on classes for the fall semester. One of my favorite activities in this class so far is the current events assignments. I love how we get to research a recent article that shows historical significance, summarize the article, give our opinions/thoughts on the…

Curtis “Stickman” Brummitt Looking at the history of humanity, one can see that we are a people whom claim to have strong ties to morality, with the ability to actively determine right and wrong, yet every day we stray further and further from the rightness we so often claim to possess. Poets and writers, already known for criticizing humanity for its every flaw, have unsurprisingly leapt at the opportunity to again berate humans for their disregard for doing the right thing. “We must cultivate…

The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination And The International Origins Of Anticolonial Nationalism was written by Erez Manela in 2007. As stated by the author “This book is an effort to reconstruct the story of the colonial world at the Wilsonian moment.” This book looks outside of the usual mold of international relations which encompass the events following the First World War, and instead Manela looks at how countries outside the European powers viewed the events of the Paris Peace…

Versailles. The treaty was based off of 15 parts that would bring peace to the allies and would serve the punishment that Germany deserved. The first 10 parts of the Treaty were crucial for all the allies to sign. Part 1 of the Treaty was The New League of Nations was created and that Germany would not be allowed to join is a series of years. Part 2 would be that Germany would give up land they took back to there rightful countries like Belgium, Poland, Denmark and more it would be Germany 's…

War and business seem to be inextricably linked so much so that war, in some ways, becomes a mere vehicle to gain profit. In 1939, amidst the imminent threat of another world war, Bertolt Brecht expressed his deep concerns about war through the publication of his play Mother Courage and Her Children: A Chronicle of the Thirty Years War, which depicts a canteen-woman’s journey through Europe during the destructive war (1618-48), portraying her business endeavour and the ultimate loss of her three…

Throughout British history, there have been a multitude of events which radically changed the country and its people. One of these events, World War I, has influenced British literature and the authors, such as Rupert Brooke, giving lead to different themes and ideas. While Rupert Brooke started his career writing joyful poetry, his role as a soldier in World War I influenced his writing to focus on honorable sacrifice. Rupert Brooke was not unlike most authors before the war and wrote poems…