The first WW left many European states economically ruined, and with political structure weakened. Indeed, a number of empires based in Europe collapse during the war – those of Austro – Hungary, Turkey, and Tsarist Russia. This consequence of the war was initially masked by the optimism of the American economy.
Japan, in 1930s, was embarking on a search for territory in China and beyond. And Treaty of Versailles encouraged extremist political movements, most notably facism in Italy (and Spain) and Nazism in Germany.
The Second WW had profound global consequences. The war profoundly affected the map of Europe. Then, the first half of the last century should seem overwhelmingly fragmented and fissiparous.
OPINION
War always makes a big pain, incising deeply pain in everyone. It needs a very long time to be healed. I think that the world has need of mutual understanding, through cooperation and communication, that we can abolish war and engender war.
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The Globalization of World Politics 2nd ed: an introduction to international relations, edited by John Baylis and Steve Smith
Sagan, Scoot D. 1914. Revisited: Allies, Offense, and Instability (1986)
Van Euera, Stephen. The Gulf of the Offensive and the Origin of the first WW. Summer 1984 p. 62
www.greenwood.org
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