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    World War One‚ the global conflict that resulted in over 10 million deaths‚ the change of power in world politics and the collapse of European Empires‚ has numerous causes to it. The three main causes of the First Great War were the widespread idea of militarism‚ the start of a system of economic imperialism around the world‚ and the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. All these causes were significant and contributed to the increase of tension between countries‚ which built up over time and

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    The First World War‚ which was a global war centered in Europe‚ began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. Britain went to war in August 1914 and lasted more than four years. British casualties totaled almost 2.5 million‚ which included over 700‚000 killed (Johnson‚ 1994: 151). After the war‚ there was a problem about how far the war actually brought to Britain‚ which means how did the war affected Britain social by several changes is generally debated by people. As Dewey (1997: 45)

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    economy it once was. World War 2 began after quickly attacks on Poland were made. The motives of the war stemmed from political beliefs such as nationalism‚ communism‚ and fascism. During and prior to the war‚ alliances were being made to ensure protection. Many unions tried their best to stay out of the war‚ but were eventually dragged in. After World War 1 had ended there were upset feelings left in Germany. The Treaty of Versailles was the document that ended the first war‚ but had pinned the blame

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    What caused the First World War? Historians have many theories about how the First World War started‚ although most believe that there were three fuses and one spark! The first world war broke out in 1914 and involved mainly Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ France and Britain. Most of the causes were long-term‚ such as the rivalry of the European countries‚ however there was one short term cause which triggered the start of the chaos that was the First World War. The first fuse was that of empires

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    Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things. Ann Laura Stoler Introduction We will be presenting two essays by Ann Laura Stoler. The first essay‚ “Race and the Education of Desire”‚ Foucault’s history of sexuality discusses class‚ race and desire in terms of family and state regulations which are identified as the moral [bourgeois] code in the colonial context of Indochina. The second essay‚ Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers‚ European Identities and the Cultural Politics of Exclusion in Colonial

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    ‘The First World War increased rather than narrowed Germany’s political division’ To what extent do you agree? I agree to a certain extent with the statement as although it initially seems that the First World War narrowed the existing political divisions within Germany in this period‚ as the war proceeded‚ the resentment greatened‚ in part due to huge losses and the economic crisis that prevailed over the country. Therefore because of this the political divisions increased‚ and by the end of the

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    Breakdown of Great Power Diplomacy a cause of both the First and Second World Wars? In this essay I shall give my opinion‚ and the opinions of several historians‚ as to the causes of the First and Second World Wars‚ paying close attention to the breakdown of Great Power Diplomacy. The Congress of Vienna in 1815 was to form the framework for international politics right up until the breakout of the Great War almost a century later‚ and was the first in a series of international meetings that came to

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    RATS IN THE MUD War‚ a ferocious fight between man that not only physically but mentally damages everyone. Men who have families‚ wives ‚ kids are lucky enough to go back home with all their limbs and wit to them . It was said to be the war to end all wars‚ THE GREAT WAR OF WORLD but there was nothing great about it . I was a young man at the time of my enlistment into the army and had to leave my little town of Clarksville ‚Tennessee . I hugged my mother and father like it was the last time I

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    game for the first World War still rages on‚ a hundred years after the outbreak of the war. Historians’ views differ starkly‚ ranging from Serbia to Germany to Russia. At the end of the first World War‚ the Allied Powers decided to hold Germany answerable for the war and destruction caused by it. The undue responsibility that Germany had to carry due to the ‘war clause’ in the Treaty of Versailles resulted in resentment‚ which ultimately led to the second World War and the Cold War‚ after that. History

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    The First World War was a global war that began in Europe and impacted various nations worldwide. The status of various counties’ involvement in the war changed as it progressed. The United States‚ being one of these nations‚ was not originally involved in the war but later joined for various reasons. Although the U-boat campaign of 1917 played a large role in the United States entry into the First World War‚ other factors‚ such as German instigation‚ and economy‚ influenced President Wilson to enter

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