war had left the world in chaos; drastic political‚ cultural‚ and social changes had taken place throughout Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ powerful empires had collapsed‚ countries were abolished as new were formed. The number of casualties of all the nations from the war added up to be around 8.5 million‚ with 21 million wounded. Even though there were victors of the war‚ everyone lost to a degree. Great Britain‚ France‚ the United States‚ and Italy‚ known collectively as the allied powers‚ were not
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�� PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1��� In the study of International Relations‚ how does "idealism" differ from "realism."What are the proponents of each trying to achieve? � IN THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS‚ HOW DOES "IDEALISM" DIFFER FROM "REALISM." WHAT ARE THE PROPONENTS OF EACH TRYING TO ACHIEVE? In essence‚ the study of international relations primarily concerns the relations between different states and the sources of conflict states face among one another. John Herz would say that realism
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scapegoat‚ Germany was forced and had to pay huge amounts of reparation fees and had to give up most of their land for no real apparent reason (Vaughan‚ 1-2). All of these heavy burdens and mistakes were just being thrown on the Germans and their nation for no other reason than the fact that they had lost the war. Germany did not even start the war‚ at a matter of fact (abid). Two month later‚ after WWI‚ leaders gathered in Paris to make a treaty‚ the treaty of Versailles. This treaty like all treaties
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power; they were an associated power‚ absense from other nations caused the treaty to weaken‚ and the U.S. government signed the treaty with Germany. To begin‚ the U.S. was not an allied power; it was an axis power. The president of the U.S. at this time‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ strongly didn’t believe in the arrangement of the Allied powers which often lead to disputes between The Big Four. Even though the U.S. was an associated power‚ this nation fought with the allied powers against the axis
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took many of countries in Europe and other parts of world years to recover from the war. It took the combination of over 120 nations to defeat Germany and her Allies. Germany and her Allies felt the war would have been over quickly and they would have been victors but Germany and her Allies soon realized that they would not be successful in the war against so many nations. Hence Germany surrendered before they were defeated. In the year 1918 Germany according to David Fisher (1994) pleaded with
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Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points 1. Wilson’s Fourteen Points were addressed to establish a new world order. In his fourteenth point he suggests to the creation of a League of Nations to guarantee the political and territorial independence of all countries. He also suggested that territories that were disputed over be independent. 2. Wilson’s call for nationalities’ sovereignties was consistent with the causes of the war because with new military technology advancements‚ countries began building
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democracy. Wilson’s democracy came forth in his Fourteen Points‚ a message of liberty and peace that played as important a part abroad as it did domestically. In large part‚ the Fourteen Points demanded political and economic freedom from all European nations and colonies. Most importantly‚ Wilson asked for a free trade‚ freedom of the seas‚ and an “open door” policy in which U.S. business relations
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other countries not involved look at the warring nation or nations in a new light. The end of World War 1 brought about a new world. The winning countries tried to reshape the world with the Treaty of Versailles and The Fourteen Points. Under the Treaty of Versailles‚ Germany had to admit that it caused the war and pay heavy reparations. It also carved up sectors of Germany for the winning nations‚ demilitarized Germany‚ and created the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points is the more
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life on the world today. Link argues that Wilson shaped the way World War I played out in three important ways. First‚ Wilson advocated for peace and avoidance of interference in international conflicts. Second‚ he believed strongly in keeping the nation secure and keep the war handled fairly with the principle of neutrality firmly in mind. Although he fought at length to avoid involvement in World War I‚ Wilson decided to enter the war based on his ideas for neutrality and to bring the war to a close
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and expanded as more nations entered the war. Ultimately more than 70 million military personnel‚ including 60 million Europeans‚ were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed‚ largely because of great technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility. It was the sixth deadliest conflict in world history‚ subsequently paving the way for various political changes such as revolutions in the nations involved. Long-term
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