World War One

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The paper explains the three primary causes that led to the First World War: militarism, imperialism and nationalism. The paper explains militarism to be the proliferation of arms especially to boost state power and ensure dominion over other nations, imperialism to be the securing of worldwide economic resources and hence, political supremacy and nationalism to be the turning point that created strong public support for war.

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"World War One marked the moment the Western world would challenge old models of governance, warfare, and national identity. As soon as Austro-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, the old balance of power shifted from grandiose empires like the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman toward the smaller, yet in many ways no less powerful, nation-state. The spoils of imperialism and colonialism were being reaped across the globe with the United States standing poised to become a global superpower. New world powers like Russia emerged seemingly out of nowhere to challenge Western supremacy. The fall of centuries-old monarchies and regional blocs caused new political ideologies like Marxism, Communism, and Socialism to take root around the world and especially in Eastern Europe."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Karpilovsky, S., Fogel, M., & Kobelt, O. (1996). "Causes of World War One." History Pages. Retrieved Feb 27, 2008 from http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~bsilva/projects/great_war/causes.htm
• "World War One Weapons: New Technology." Retrieved Feb 27, 2008 from http://www.revision-notes.co.uk/revision/927.html

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