Essays on Interwar

At the forefront of the causes of the First World War was the growing sense of Nationalism among the European nations as they reacted to the “fallout” of imperialism abroad and social class conflicts at home (WWI and the Interwar Years, Part 1 3-4mins). In other words, each European power was keen to minimize its counterpart’s influence in the colonized territories and within its borders. Subsequently, one of the effects of World War I was the taint it placed on the presentation of the West as the “height of civilization”; in answer, colonized persons began to question the ...

The WWI was perpetuated by several reasons especially one regarding the fallout of European imperialism. Moreover, there were increased social class conflicts around the western world especially that revolving around the social class conflicts when Marxism was rising, and the Russian Revolution took place as well, which established the Soviet Union. A rising sense of Nationalism in Europe also rose from Marxism and the conflict of social class. Changes in the governmental structures also sparked WWI, when fascist and authoritarian governments grew in number. The effects of WWI caused the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire (Burlingham). General disillusionment prevailed. ...

Argumentative Essay

Military innovation contributes to the success of states in war. However, it has been shown in the literature that the U.S. and Britain failed to significantly innovate or revolutionize their military in the interwar period. This paper argues that this failure is primarily rooted in two major factors: anti-militarism attitudes, and a military culture that disregards the usefulness of past military experiences to future wars. During the interwar period, few refuted the importance of mechanized, powered means of transportation and tanks. The debate revolved around whether this technology could be integrated into traditional processes or strategies or whether more ...

Throughout the course of modern history, numerous events have revolved around the Middle East, affecting the cultural perspectives of the people living there. For instance, the Russian invasion of Afghanistan and the subsequent political maneuvering by Western/Arab nations spawned decades of bloodshed in the region, destroying both an entire generation of people and the viability of a nation. The creation of Israel in 1948 created a massive power shift in the region, as the Arab nations attempted to retake the territory but were soundly defeated, and again in 1967. The Second World War engulfed the North African Muslim countries, ...

Interwar Technological Developments and Their Effect on

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 to bring an end to World War I, “the war to end all wars.” The introduction to the Treaty set forth a general plan to accomplish this objective: and honourable relations between nations by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another Agree to this Covenant Ironically, this meticulous declaration was signed by the allied and axis ...

Essay for Exam Chapter 23

The period between the end of World War I and the advent of World War II, also referred to as the Interwar years saw the transient emergence of divergent attempts at restoring stability and direction by varied political parties and individuals alike. In the face of controversial post-war treaties, severe economic and political turmoil, collapsing law and order, devastating war damages and acute agricultural production decline, people across nations began to lose faith in democracy and support more radical forms of government that promised remedying these dismal state of affairs. The prevalent anarchy resulted in varied flavors of ...

Introduction

However, this industrial revolution led to a series of problems both social and economic. Among these problems was the fact that Britain had become the world’s most urbanized country. This meant that almost half of the population of Britain at this time was living in cities. This led to several social problems mainly in the areas of education, healthcare and housing. There were also several economic problems that would face Britain after 1870. The emergence of new industrial powers in Germany and U.S.A meant that Britain’s industrialization was facing a decline. The UK had for so long been referred ...

Introduction

Bretton woods System is a management monetary rules which were established for both commercial and financial relations among the world’s industrial states. Ideally, this rules focused on rebuilding the international economic system during the Second World War. 730 delegates from 44 associated nations gathered at the Mount Washington Hotel located in Bretton Woods in the United States. During the Bretton Worlds Conference, which occurred between 1st and 22nd July 1944, an agreement was signed (Bordo & Eichengreen 64). In order to come up with this rules, the delegates came up with the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank ...

Luebbert presented an article about form of political regimes that existed in Europe between the World War I and World War II. In his description, the author has indicated that in the period between the two world wars, four types of political regimes dominated various parts of Europe. Through the analysis has shown the existence of the traditional dictatorship that he indicated was dominant in the Eastern Europe, the pluralist democracy that was common with the British, social or corporatist democracy, which was a common regime in Norway and the fascism that was common in Germany (Lubbert 449). The description ...

Reflection Paper

In his work, Riley Dylan explores the comparative analysis of the historical growth, development and varieties of fascism Europe and their relationship to the rise of Civil Society during the Interwar Period in Europe. In the study, he attempts to shed a light on the responsibilities political organizations and forms of regimes in the various interplays of Civil Societies from the interwar European fascism. From an analysis of the work, it is evident that Riley focuses on the different regimes rather than the movements from which the regimes emerged. What was the role of democracy in the growth of ...

Response to the reading

The Asian economic history is written in terms of western impact on Asia. The international contact between Asian countries is not considered as significant in understanding the regional economic modernization. The growth of East Asian economic relation, Japanese economic history occupies a central place in the analysis with regard to the interwar period. Since these interactions have received less attention and Japanese-language sources are insignificantly used, the author concentrates on the outside empire to try understanding the Japanese empire well (Sugihara 2005). Trade and other economic interactions between china and japan are significant in shaping regional industrialization pattern. The ...

Traumatizing, disruptive, transformative – all of these words can be used to describe the First World War, an event of fateful proportions that swirled the troops of the Allied and Central Powers all across the old continent in an unfortunate search for victory. It was an event that crushed the naïve and proud courage of young men who threw themselves honorably into belligerent waters for the sake of their countries, only to find depressing, muddy trenches instead. The legacy of the Great War lay far away from the pedestal of glorious victories; instead, it succumbed into the pressing reality ...

What were the origins of the interwar political parties in Iraq, Syria, andEgypt? Why did these parties (and their associated parliamentary systems)fail to survive?

The formation of interwar political parties had a start from the Ottoman Empire during the early phases of colonialism .Yaacov (2010) observes that, during the war II, the Ottoman empires started losing to the allied forces. The turn of events for the other forces in the allied force led to a number of political organizations. There was for instance the formation of polities like Turkey, Egypt, Palestine, Trans-Jordan(Jordan),Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq. Allen (2008) develops ...

What is Pan-Arabism? In what ways has Pan-Arabism expressed itself in the Middle East? Why has Pan-Arabism failed to produce Arab Unity?

The term Pan-Arabism refers to the concept of the al-Umma al-‘Arabiyya or the Arab nation. The term was first conceptualized in the late 19th century when the call for Arab Unity was requested upon the establishment of several secret societies in Lebanon and Syria, urging the revolt against Turkish rule of the Arab region. It was constantly expressed by Arab nationalist in several periods such as in the First World War, wherein various Arab nationalist groups demanded the creation of an independent Arab nation once they revolt against the Ottoman rule; the West’s approval of the Zionist ...

The nature and characterization of American foreign policy were much discussed in the academic fields. Particular issue which was always actively discussed in the literature is a phenomenon of American isolationism. In this topic, researchers can be divided into three branches. The first ones consider that American isolationism is an undividable feature of American foreign policy. In other words, they suggest that this phenomenon is some kind of national system of values and beliefs. The second type of scholars suggest that not all American foreign policy can be named “isolationist”, and that it was so only in the beginning of ...