WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR There are often people who ask the big question‚ “Why do nations feel the need to go to war?” One of the main reasons for this question comes from the loss of life that comes with it. However‚ on an opinionated theory I have concluded that a larger portion of why a nation decides to go to war would be to expand their territory. They could even be trying to gain freedom for their nation. Many times nations use scarcity of resources in their own country to justify warring with
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In the recent war with Iraq Americans wants to really know why did the United States go to war with Iraq? There are several conclusions that people have come to. Some of the main reasons that the United States went to war with Iraq was because of the belief that Saddam Hussein was harboring terrorists in Iraq and that he had in his possession weapons of mass destruction whether they were nuclear or gas bombs the United States had no idea. When also looking at reasons why the United States decided
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On July 28 1914‚ one of the greatest war started.At the time one month before the war started Franz Ferdinand of Austro Hungarian throne‚ and his wife Sophia‚ had been killed. By Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip which later cause to go to war but‚ the two important reasons that War World 1 started are Alliances and Militarism. One of the important reasons that world 1 started is because of Alliances. An alliance is a formal political‚ military or economic agreement between two or more nations. In
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World War I lasted from 1912 to 1915. It was a devastating time. Why? Because during this time‚ 37 million people were killed or seriously wounded. That was nearly a third of the population ‚ at the time. Of that third of the population‚ at least two thirds were involved in the war. For every three people‚ two of them were soldiers‚ or actively supporting soldiers in the war. Why did all this happen? It is said that the First World War was started by the action of Gavrilo Princip. On June 28‚ 1914
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Do you know how World War 1 started? Well if not‚ in this essay I will be telling you the many reasons how and why the United States got involved in the war. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife were assassinated on June 28‚ 1914. After the assassination there were a series of events that happened and triggered World War 1 to occur.The next reason why it started was because on May 7‚ 1915 a German submarine launched a torpedo at the Lusitanian‚ which was a boat that had 1‚959
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In Why Nations Go To War by John G. Stoessinger he goes into detail in chapters seven to ten on the sixty year war‚ Saddam Hussein’s wars‚ “America and the World of Islam” and “Why Nations Go to War”. I always enjoy reading about the wars and conflicts that happen in our world but you usually hear about the battles and main headlines on the news so it is always very interesting to learn more about what actually happened. You always learn something new when you are reading which I like when books
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Introduction World War I. Everyone know about it‚ some people even know all lot about it. But what many people don’t know‚ are the reasons why it started. The most obvious and widely accepted reason of the start of the First World War‚ (also known as the Great War‚ especially pre-WWII) is the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. However‚ while this is still one the causes of World War I‚ it is certainly not the main one. The assassination of Franz Ferdinand
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World War 1 started for various reasons but‚ the three main causes were‚ the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand‚ the rise of Nationalism‚ and the building up of the military and alliances. The war started in 1914‚ there are many arguments according to the reasons on how the war actually started but‚ most historians believed it to be the assassination. Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on June 28th‚ 1914‚ the killing took place in Sarajevo by a member from a group called the
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WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR By John G. Stoessinger BOOK REVIEW: WHY NATIONS GO TO WAR is a unique book and a product of reflection by author‚ Dr. John G. Stoessinger. First published in 1978‚ its Eleventh Edition with additions came out in 2010. It is built around ten case studies‚ culminating in the new wars that ushered in the twenty-first century: Iraq‚ Afghanistan‚ and the wars between Arabs and Israelis in Gaza and in Lebanon. In the book he analyses the most important military conflicts
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Why did a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia become a European war in 1914? On June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb student. The assassination sparked little initial concern in Europe. The Archduke himself was not terribly popular‚ least of all in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. While there were riots in Sarajevo following the Archduke’s death these were largely aimed at the
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