Conflict Resolution and Diplomacy

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This paper explores the pros and cons of war versus diplomacy. The author argues that skilled diplomacy could have avoided the US entry into World War II, as well as other major military conflicts. The paper further states that defeat of an opponent ought not to be the ultimate aim in a conflict. Achieving long-term goals in international relations are more important and possible through diplomacy rather than by violent means such as military action.

From the Paper:

" The period between 1930 and 1956 was probably the most turbulent era in recent human history. It saw the start and end of the Great Depression that destroyed the economies of most of the industrial world at one time; witnessed the rise of expansionist fascist powers in Europe and the Far-East resulting in probably the bloodiest conflict in human history; the gradual change of the US foreign policy from isolationism to intervention in the Second World War; the victory of the Allies over the Axis powers; the emergence of the US and the USSR as the two major world powers and the start of almost half a century of a Cold War between them, besides the American involvement in the eventually stalemated Korean War."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cumings, Bruce. "Korean War." Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia, 2007. February 28, 2007. <http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761559607_3/Korean_War.html>
• "Kennan and Containment." US Department of State. N.d. February 28, 2007. <http://future.state.gov/when/timeline/1946_cold_war/kennan_and_containment.html>
• Thomas, Helen. "Pearl Harbor: It might have been avoided." Oakland Tribune. December 7, 2003. Feberuary 28, 2007. <http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20031207/ai_n14564445>
• "World War II: Combatants and Casualties (1937 - 45)." Joseph V. O'Brien John J College of Criminal Justice. N.d. February 28, 2007.

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