During the Great War we were introduced to the first of its kind in Britain, and we seen it repeated again in the people's war. ... One of the very first posters used in the First World War was of Lord Kitchener and his recruitment campaign to enlist young boys into the voluntary army. ... The poster in figure 2 was concerned with exploiting male pride in the face of family expectations. ... After all the criticism of black propaganda in the first world war Britain was reluctant to be seen using any form of propaganda again, and it waited until 1939, when the outbreak of war was once agai...

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This statement by Offitzer in "Diners" gives a nice description of how not only diners became an important part of American history, but the architecture of the diners were just as important. The design of the diner is directly related to a time in American culture and the architecture of it can reflect how Americans were using certain materials and styles in a post-World War II world. ... Whatever the reason, it is clear that architecture of the diner can be studied and looked at to further understand America after World War 2. ... This would create a new way of living that proved ...

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Like every other war, World War 1 took many lives and money and changed the balances in the world. Actually, these big wars are usually emerging to change the balances because some sides don't like the world to stay as it is. In the Gallipoli War, which was a part of the World War 1 there were different sides which were joining the war for different reasons and goals. ... The following pages that will be about the Gallipoli War that took place during the World War 1 will not include all of the sides that entered this war. ... The two contracting parties agree to observe strict neutrality ...

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The new type of warfare launched in the twentieth-century had a great impact on the modern world that went beyond the immediate cost of casualties.2 The psychological, social, economic and technological effect these wars had on those who survived earned this type of conflict a new name: total war, which encompassed all aspects of life. ... But World War I crushed all hopes and dreams. ... We do not know what will come forth: still we can reasonably fear it.""9 The storm in this case was the war which left people in such a shock that they looked upon the future with great apprehension and un...

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The Treaty of Versailles was not the only cause of World War II, however was one of the important factors. ... Britain wanted increase their colonial power all over the world. ... All of the othe smaller Allied countries wanted more land or more people, mostly wanting a piece of the spoils.(2) The meeting where they decided on the terms of the Treaty of Versailles as well as many other items was called the Paris Peace Conference. ... This greatly upset them and this led to Mussolinis rise to power, and may have pushed the Italians into joining the Second World War on the side of the Axis.(...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. The most important issue relates to the question of whether or not Hitler had evolved a clear and coherent foreign policy by the time he assumed office and ...

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It is the right of the people of the nation to determine their own government. ... "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war,'' Wilson declared in his war message (Leckie 629). ... Many people in the U.S. favored the war, but many people opposed it believing there was no need for us to interfere with European affairs. ... Wilson's more important goal was to preserve democracy within the United States and restore manifest destiny to a war torn world. ... The actually fighting the American's did was not as important as the number of troops that the...

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Furthermore, this covered the western part of the peninsula including the Red Sea coast, including the holy places of Mecca and Medina, until the onset of World War I. Saudi Arabia was one of the Arab states that emerged from the wreckage of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. ... (Kort 194) Several important factors distinguish Saudi Arabia from its neighbors. ... (CountryReports.org 2) It is during the period just prior to and following World War I that the West imparts the greatest impact on the formation of the current Saudi state. ... The British actually encouraged the Sherif...

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In 1917 he proclaimed American's entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy." ... It collapsed early in World War II and dissolved itself in 1946. ... The Treaty of Paris was one of the most important treaties signed at or near Paris. ... After World War I severeal treaties were signed (1919-20) in or near Paris, the most important of which was the Treaty of Versailles After World War II separate treaties were signed (1947) by the Allies at or near Paris with Italy, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Finland. ... However, in relation to Europe a...

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The First World War: A Complete History. ... World War I World War I, also called the Great War, lasted from 1914 to 1918, and began as a local conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. ... The use of gassing in combat became popular during World War I. ... Most people would expect World War I to bring about massive change for the better and break down social, emotional, and political barriers, it did not. ... It may seem as though the present has become dominated by the past. 2.) ...

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The horrors of World War 1 created an immense market allowing British authors, both professionals and amateurs, the leeway to express what they witnessed in the frontline (Das 9). ... Among those: Ivor Gurney, whose development of poems of originality, broken poetic form, urgency for change in attitude and disruptiveness call of the war, has made him one of the great World War I poets. ... However his studies were quickly halted by the outbreak of World War I. ... But it's important to note that even before his participation in the war, Gurney was already suffering from an eccentric perso...

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At a young age, Cummings graduated with his masters and traveled the world, and began to observe the world in a way that would later profoundly impact his writing. ... While Cummings fought in World War I, he experienced first-hand the chaotic destruction during battle, and later carried his personal beliefs of freedom to protest against the glorified view of war that Americans embrace. ... As war continued to rage through the world, Cummings" continued to write his concerns. ... Despite popular belief of the United State's post-World War One nationalism, soldiers didn't live a pi...

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"Bertolt Brecht In 1914, the world witnessed one of the most terrible and bloody wars in the history of mankind to that date. World War One, at that time entitled the Great War, began as a result of the conflict between the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Serbia. On the surface, the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28, 1914, seemed to be the cause of the events that led to a European and, eventually, a world war. ... The fundamental motive behind this Pan-Slavism was to unite all the Serb peoples under one government. ... The entire future of ...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. ... Italy had long-standing problems that were made worse by the war. ... They supported two more radical groups: the Socialists and the Catholic People's party (newly formed with the pope's blessing), which appealed to the common people, especially in the countryside. ... After the war, these groups formed the base of Mussolini's fascist movement. ... Fascists believed that war ennobled man and regenerated sluggish and decadent peoples. ...

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Nonetheless there is however a general consensus amongst historians that the frightful events of world war one, distilled a sense of fear and regret amongst British society, and consequently Britain strived to prevent any future war, through whatever means necessary. In the aftermath of World War 1, lay a mutual understanding between the British government and society that never again should a catastrophe such as World War 1 occur, it was described as the war to end all wars reinforcing the view that it was a cataclysmic event which should never be re-enacted upon society. ... World Wa...

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Also during this time Roosevelt had married his childhood friend Edith Carrow in England on December 2, 1886. ... Fearing the danger of Spanish control of Cuba, Teddy strongly advocated war against Spain; but McKinley was doubtful of starting the war, waiting for public opinion to lead him what to do. ... Unlike other Presidents, Roosevelt felt that he should do anything as long as it helped the people, unless it was strictly forbidden by the Constitution. ... Especially Northern Securities whose owner, JP Morgan, was one of the richest men in the world. ... Then when Japan went to war with ...

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Also during this time Roosevelt had married his childhood friend Edith Carrow in England on December 2, 1886. ... Fearing the danger of Spanish control of Cuba, Teddy strongly advocated war against Spain; but McKinley was doubtful of starting the war, waiting for public opinion to lead him what to do. ... Unlike other Presidents, Roosevelt felt that he should do anything as long as it helped the people, unless it was strictly forbidden by the Constitution. ... Especially Northern Securities whose owner, JP Morgan, was one of the richest men in the world. ... Then when Japan went to war with ...

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Most importantly, Rosa Luxemburg and fellow Spartacist Communist leader Karl Liebknecht were murdered, stripping the communists of their leaders. ... They felt it was too harsh, that it was a forceful 'dictated' peace, and most importantly, they felt they had not lost the war, and so did not deserve such severe punishment. ... Ludendorff was arrested, and then Hitler two (2) days later. ... The treaty required Germany to pay the Allies reparations for the damage incurred during World War I. ... The blame was not laid on the Kaiser's war government which had started the inflat...

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