The basic causes of world war (II) were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues and other resentments resulting from the world war (I). ... Britain followed a policy of giving Hitler what he wanted. ... Appeasement allowed Hitler to think that he could do what he pleased and he took many risks which resulted in war due to the squabbles over Poland. ... On the contrary, the main causes of the Second World War were mainly the unfairness of the Treaty of Versailles, the failures of the League of Nations, the Appeasement policy and generally the resentments between the different nations due to t...

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Germany was in dire straits, which is what fueled the rise of the Nazis. ... What happened there could happen anywhere. The Nazis were a bunch of small, frightened, angry, self-hating people with a great deal of resentment. ...

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What is often not emphasized when talking about the peace movements of the 60's and 70's is the negative effect they had on the soldiers fighting overseas. ... This issue is significant because it is relevant to what is going on today in the Middle East. ... Johnson sent the first United States troops into the nation of Vietnam.6 This lack of knowledge made it easy for the American's to quickly build up resentment towards the war and all those involved. ... American resentment grew stronger with President Johnson's decision to escalate the war during the first half of 19...

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The majority of U.S. citizens hated Japan and all Asians for what they did in Hawaii. ... Japanese Americans did what they could to remember their heritages, but in the closely monitored camps much sense was lost. ... Resentment from both parties lasted for many years. ... Wartime propaganda and resentment from people who lost loved ones in the Pacific attributed to the postwar anti-Japanese sensation. ...

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To what extent can Hitler be held responsible for the outbreak of world war two? ... The Treaty of Versailles had humiliated the German people and caused deep routed resentment among them. ... Amongst the chaos, it is difficult to say to what extent Hitler can be held responsible for the key decisions that led to the outbreak of war in 1939. ... There has been much debate over the subject of to what extent Hitler can be blamed for the outbreak of war in 1939. Historians disagree over to what extent Hitler can be blamed. ...

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When Paul's military chief orders Paul and the soldiers to charge, Paul describes his mixed feelings of resentment towards death itself: "We have become wild beasts [...] ... Paul is enraged by the hardships of the war and what it has turned him into, and results to destroying and killing as an act of revenge. ... Hitler was able to feed off the public resentment of the consequences caused by the Treaty of Versailles, and promised the Germans food and jobs, and to stop all reparation payments. ...

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But the notion of what Germany stood for is what worried Roosevelt Bechloss discusses what actions will be taken against Germany after the war; if it will be divided or not and how to sufficiently reprimand them with out creating the kind of resentment that brought about Hitler. ... As David Ben Gurion said in 1944 we do not know the entire truth about anything that is going on in Poland it was hard for the other countries of the world to know what they can and should be doing. ...

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What is war? ... What is the difference between the two scales? ... Our eyes smoldered just as much with resentment and hate when we witnessed such a grisly sight. ... What caused the attack on September eleventh? ... However, what causes the "smaller-scale acts of war"? ...

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What is my response? ... With its occupations come enormous resentment at the U.S.'... What about when the USA sat back and watched millions die in World War II? ... Well to that, I say: What sheltered world have you been living in? ... What about the people who live in constant fear DIRECTLY because of American actions abroad? ...

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Kevin Hokoana The seeds of WW2: What set the world on the path to world war two? ... The treaty was the cause of great resentment among Germans and made their ability to flourish and be part of a post war world impossible. ... The anger caused by casualties and loss of infrastructure Page 2 set the tone for what would be a treaty that would later help Hitler and his party wage world war two. ... At the end of the treaty, the Japanese were not appeased, later they would take by force what they couldn't accomplish at Versailles. ...

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Violence, as a resolution, only brings out hatred and resentment between the conflicting parties, even after conflicts have ended. ... After a jury has decided what is right there should be no more conflict between those that oppose each other. ... Injustice is what everyone resents and tries to prevent it from occurring. ... Most people have a rational idea of what is moral and just. ...

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Although it is beyond the scope of this essay to provide a comprehensive list of factors which engendered the Second World War, an explanation of what the appeasement policy aspired to achieve is necessary. Embodied principally by the person of Neville Chamberlain, appeasement aims to fulfill German resentment towards the treaty of Versailles though the exercise of conciliation (McDonough, 2002). ...

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What is International Trade International trade is when countries exchange goods and services with one another. ... Now that these items are under threat from the Japanese, it is causing unusual resentment and distress to some Americans, especially after watching the Japanese buy heavily into Hollywood and other parts of their lives. ...

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The Jews success caused a great deal of resentment among the citizens of Germany. ... With hope, anti-Semitism will be removed from the world and people will accept each other no matter what their belief system. ...

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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). ... In his earlier poems the persona speaks of the war with resentment and attitude, subjects that show his firm take on the war that are structured with soft sounds alluding to his acquired reputation in music. ... The letter is sent to a dead soldier's girlfriend and describes the horrific remains of the soldier, depicting resentment towards participating in the war. ... " These words convey that the spea...

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However, what many regard to be the turning point in US foreign policy towards weaker countries (especially those in Latin America) would be steered irreversibly towards intervention for the next 30 years. ...

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Fredrick slowly climbed within the company learning about what needed to be done to stay success full. ... All of what Fredrick had worked so hard to obtain was almost taken away by a fire in the summer of 1902, it took decades for the company to recover from the damage done to the land and even longer to overcome the financial impact. ... At the meeting I would receive feedback on what caused the malfunction on the paper machine and what was done to rectify the situation. ... However, I was no where near prepared for what happen this summer. ... I also saw the loyalty and resentment that ...

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Then how the people try to survive every ongoing day after the bomb, how many continue to die due to the various types of injuries they have suffered, Hersey even describes to the very detail what has happened to them. ... Nakamura, mentioned to Hersey that the general mood of the Japanese was of acceptance, a sort of "that's what was expected, it is war anyway". ... She holds no resentment towards the Americans, and continues with her life as well as she can. ... How Hersey describes everything in such detail, even the type of burns people had, helps create a vivid picture of what is g...

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Because of their resentment towards the Chinese and Japanese schools, the second generation was seen as ignorant towards their culture. ... The second generation did what they could to fit in besides the clothes and styles of the American; they even changed their names. ... Some even left the house because of their parents control over what they wanted, their independence. ... But even though this is what the Nisei were taught, there was still a generation gap that stood between parents and their children. ...

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The French resented being under Spanish influence and this resentment led to a series of wars and confrontations between the two countries. ... This was what the European stage looked like. ... I would like to compare the whole Hapsburg-Europe equation with what the Soviet Union did in the 1980's. ...

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As Hitler took more power in Europe these arguments became more and more convincing to a country faced with a barrage of anti-Communist resentment from the capitalist states, and were justified when in 1941, Hitler broke his agreement with Stalin and mounted an invasion on the USSR. ... The attitudes of low ranking officials and workers were pushing Stalin towards industrialisation as in the 1920's many expressed their resentment at the revolution. ...

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The result was feelings of confusion and resentment. ... However what they saw post-war was a country that implemented law that gave women the right to work outside the home when it was politically needed and then laws that were rescinded making it difficult to find work. ... In fact what happened for many was a lifelong battle of mental illness with long-lasting effects on the family as a unit. ... Those suffering reached out for help to only be given the wrong diagnoses of schizophrenia, at the time many were told they were suffering from "soldiers heart", "shell shock" ...

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The feelings of excitement, patriotism, and a sense of duty and the romantic ideas of what war would be like persuaded many to join. People were constantly fed propaganda about what war is like and how it will affect a person, while the true effects were only discovered on the battlefield by soldiers who never came back. ... What makes this death so alarming is the fact that, although we feel great sympathy for the young boy, this young soldier died simply because he could not put his gas mask on fast enough. ... Another explanation is that he might have used the word "sin" to describe war and...

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Huntington states the "most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating" (Huntington, 1993) what he identified as eight specific civilizations: "Western, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu, Slavic-Orthodox, Latin American and African" (Huntington, 1993). These are not absolutely exclusive of each other, and there are various degrees of similarity between them, what does differentiate them from each other are their languages and histories, traditions and cultures, but "most important, religion" (Huntington, 1993). ... Bu...

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Germany's dream of becoming one of the strongest nations in the world no longer seemed to be a possibility and this caused resentment among the German people. ... Hitler, a man who knew what he wanted and would do anything to get it, single-handedly transformed a weary Germany into a deadly fascist state. ... So what was behind Hitler's fascist ideology? ... Had the Germans not been so wrapped up in the euphoria that resulted from nationalism, they might have reflected on what was happening and it would not have been so easy for fascism to seize the state. ... Once Hitler had gaine...

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