Greatest War Ever or Maybe Just Another War World War II considered to be the greatest war ever or was it maybe just another war. ... By December 1941 the US had declared war on Germany and Japan and declared that the war would have a democratic purpose. ... The war effort had ended the depression and GNP had doubled in four years. The war not only changed the economy of the United States, it also transformed it militarily. ... While the USSR was an ally of the United States in war, it seemed likely due to their position in the post war era that they would pose the greatest threat to A...

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Gallie defines two eras of warfare: the classic and problematic stages. ... Even in times of peace, war was still anticipated, and thus kept everyone prepared for war. ... Instead of constant hostility and preparing for war, people of this era sought to prevent future wars. ... These technological advances created and utilized during World War I and II drastically increased the destructive capabilities of war and led into an era of nuclear warfare (Gallie 42). ... The Napoleonic wars, which ended in 1816, were the first wars of the people. ...

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This era was a major turning point for the culture in the United States. ... This era began the fascination to know and be associated with movie stars along with desiring to become one. ... After the end of World War I, called the Great War at the time, the people's attitude towards life became less structured and more daring. ... We can see this in the lavish parties that were thrown during this era. ...

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Anti-Semitism in the twentieth century can be divided into three stages, pre-World War one, World War I and II, and post World War II to present. ... From 1914 to 1945 the world was faced with the two largest wars in modern day history. ... The affects of the Protocols could still be found in this stage however, World War I quelled grievances and put the attention on winning the war. Once World War I ended with the armistice, Europe moved into an era of great uncertainty. ... Anti-Semitism still exists" post World War era, but it is not nearly as severe. ...

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The previous knowledge that I had on the German in the pre-World War II era prepared me for the information of the difficult times. However, the rate of inflation was astonishing and the absolute distaste and disgust the loss of the First World War produced were two key factors that I had before over-looked. ...

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The cultural influences of this era shaped the men that both the young boy and his older brother, Jack, developed into. The Meredith household described just after the war is one of the main influences that would affect the two boys later in their lives. ... Unlike the stereotypical Jack-who follows his fathers footsteps and desires to play war hero, Davy chooses a safer role-that of a war correspondent. During the era in which the boys grow up there is the gender problem. ... As a war correspondent, Davy is providing a service, which he doesn't realise at first that is actually helpi...

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He brought about massive economic, social, and political changes and helped bring an end to both the Soviet Union and the Cold War. ... Stalin's Soviet Union was a major factor in the defeat of Hitler in World War Two, and Stalin emerged from the war as leader of one of the world's two superpowers, quickly building a 'Communist Bloc' in Eastern Europe. 4. ... Elizabeth was also able to prevent the outbreak of a religious or civil war on English soil. ... Elizabeth's reign is referred to as the Elizabethan era or the Golden Age of Elizabeth. 5. ... Louis XIV of F...

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The Dada movement preaches the "essence of spirit" the freedom of expression, hatred to "the great war" (or what we later called World War 1) , with a want to preserve the middle class, while humankind was degrading morally, with little or no hopes for a bright future. This goes in context with this CS3 course in how before world war 1, man thought so much was to come. The Dada movement expressed the deterioration or our civilizations due to wars through sound and not words. ... So to be honest it was in the 1920's that the worlds first synthesizer was born officially launching an era sti...

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The characters who are showcased in the this story are part of the Lost Generation, the generation who lived through the horrors of World War I, called the Great War in that time period. ... The most affected of all the people of this time period are probably the veterans of the war. Experiencing it from the front lines, they endured the most traumatic times of the era. Jake Barnes, the story's narrator, fought in the war. ... World War I was assuredly not the only factor in Robert's cynicism. ...

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The League of Nations was the first international organization in the modern era , The League continued to operate until 1946 when the " United Nations " assumed its assets and carried in much of its work . Setting up the League : War ends . ... Firstly , America had suffered civilian casualties in the war , and many citizens in the USA wanted to keep America out of European affairs . ... By this time , America had had enough of wars and dealing with other countries problems . ... Also Germany , which started the first world war , did not join until 1926 , and left again in 1933 . ...

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Starting of World War I in 1914 under Wilson's presidency even deepened the economy of American society, so as unemployment became an issue for the society, the nativism began to rise, and Congress started to restrict enormous amount of immigrants with the establishment of new laws. ... First part of early 20-century was very chaotic since the World War I began. Before the Great War, during Roosevelt's presidency, though, American economy was not able to achieve the progressivism despite his efforts to reform the national government. As the war began, America was slowly going into...

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This story takes place immediately after World War I, a time of great hardship. ... It was an anything goes era right after the first war, and Jakemessage to Brett seems to be the same: anything goes as long as you eventually come back to me. ... He a weak person socially, but he is also physically disabled because of an injury that he suffered during the war. ... The first hint of this is when he says to Georgeette I was hurt in the war (24) in refrence to why they can not have physical realtions. ... The hardship and the poverty that is so widely spread in that...

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This period reflected the relief and enjoyment of the end of the First World War. ... During World War I, men were conscripted to fight for their country in the trenches. ... The enthusiasm to enjoy life after the war encouraged new forms of entertainment. ... The inventions of this era were not all physical, but also in banking and finance. ... Communists in Russia appealed to the majority of the working class, practicing populist methods of promising end of wars, land and work for all. ...

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Making Men Moral: Social Engineering during the Great War is a well organized and thoroughly researched book that deals with gender during the First World War. Nancy Bristow, who wrote Making Men Moral in 1996, questions the impact of the Great War on masculinity. ... Know as the Progressive era, Bristow attempts to deal with the complexities of this time, a time in which morale and decency prevailed. ... The book shows how that image reverted back from the Civil War... Their hope was that the war would act as an engine for social change. ...

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German foreign polociy after ww1 was hindered due to the restrictions set upon them as a result of the post war treaties and the Weimar governments policies of the stresseman era. ... The plan was designed to make the German army and economy ready for war within 4 years. ... It went against the international relations Stresemann and Weimar Germany implemented and irrevocably steered towards war in Europe....

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This along with his militaristic alliances, plans made on a war footing and aggressive foreign policy convinced Europe that a war was inevitable. Prior to the Second World War the situation was similar. ... Nationalism can be seen as another likeness in the roots of the two wars. ... One can observe another parallel in the origins of the two wars in militarism. ... The alliances of the Bismarkian era were in fact a "system", a rigid series of complex and secret official agreements. ...

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Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. ... The Boer War (1899–1902), which was fought by the British to establish control over the Boer republics in South Africa, marked the beginning of rebellion against British imperialism. The British won but it was a hollow victory, and the war inspired other colonies to rebel. The mass destruction of the First World War led many towards more extreme affiliations, and both Fascism and Marxism held attractions for many intellectuals and workers, particularly during the 1930s. ... By the time of the First...

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Introduction: The Weimar Republic was created after World War I with Germany in a state of near-anarchy. It was created in the aftermath of the war to govern a defeated Germany. ... Germany was the losing state at the end of the First World War, and although the Weimar Republic was born around 1919, the government carried substantial negative baggage from the previous era. Chief of these were the monies paid by Germany to the victors of the war, initially set at five billion dollars per year up until 1921. ... This was very advanced for its era, especially the fact that voting included wo...

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The Weimar Republic was a chaotic and difficult transition for the German State after the Great War. ... Germany had now entered what has been called the Golden Era. ... The restructured reparations payments meant that Germany had more money to spend on rebuilding its war damaged cities, improving hospitals and education as well as many other projects. ...

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With that, the anxiety was collectively heard and felt with its louder voice and remembered to define an era. ... The common uncertainties we were left with after the Great War gave rise to many new ways of thought and practice that inevitably shaped the world we live in today. ... His work was a painting of his perception and reflection of a war, which he entitled Guernica. ... World War I seemed to play that part. ... The complaints were valid after World War I, and were much more productive than destructive. ...

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After World War I, the emperor and military commander of Germany relinquished their political power, leading to its ultimate transfer to the hands of the German Social Democratic Party. ... Under their almost complete control, the era of the Weimar Republic of Germany began in 1919. ... Although these issues are numerous and complex, they can be well summarized as World War I outcomes, political conflict, economic depression, and the rise of Hitler. Although the Central Powers consisted of multiple nations, at the close of World War I, Germany was blamed for the entirety of the destruction th...

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War was greeted by immense jubilation by both sides, as no great wars had been fought since Napoleon's era. ... Germany wasn't the only country prepared for war. ... prepared or the inevitable war with Germany. ... It was the first real month of the war. ... A one-front war would have been an easier war for Germany. ...

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In the post World War I era of Germany poverty was sweeping the country and they were looking for a scapegoat and Hitler presented them with one, the Jews. ... Third, throughout history there has always been battles between good and evil, such as the Colonists versus the British in the American Revolution, the North versus the South in the civil war, and the list goes on. ... Hindenburg beat Ludendorff, a famous war hero from the First World War, and the co-figure head of the German Workers Organization with Hitler. ...

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Introduction Over the last half century the United Nations has been providing regulation, order and peace throughout the world since the end of the second World War. ... In conclusion I intend to discuss several "milestones " achieved by the UN over the past 50 years and the UN's powerlessness in the Cold War Era from 1945 to 1990. ... The creation of the League of Nations began after the First World War (1915), then United States President Woodrow Wilson welcomed the idea of a general association of nations. ... In war time 1942 the idea of a new international organi...

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Weyerhaeuser's business was booming before the First World War and, after the onset of the war Weyerhaeuser began making sending spruce from Weyerhaeuser forests to build World War I airplanes. ... To aid in the war movement the Army sent soldiers into the forest to aid in the production on lumber. Post-war Weyerhaeuser paper company continues to grown expanding there ability to ship all over the world after the construction of the Panama Canal. In the years following the war Weyerhaeuser opened the first Pulp mill in Longview Washington. ... The company continued to turn out new pr...

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