History's Most Important Event

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses the criteria for selecting the most significant historical event in history and selects World War II as its nomination. The paper then describes the events of WWII and compares it to other events in history. The paper also explains its reasons for selecting WWII as the most significant historical event in history.

Outline:
Introduction - Criteria for Defining the Most Significant Historical Event
World War II as the Most Significant Single Event in Recorded History

From the Paper:

"Given the brutal, unforgiving, and equally racist sentiments of the Nazi's Japanese ally, the ensuing years would have witnessed the complete destruction of many millions of human lives, perhaps doubling the 50 million who actually perished during World War II. In all likelihood, Axis victory would have resulted in a world today devoid of all Jews, Slovaks, Gypsies, black Africans, and homosexuals. Those who remained alive would be living under a dictatorship similar in philosophy to that which characterized Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. Therefore, both by virtue of its actual historical effects on the world during its time, as well as the ominous implications of only a relatively slightly changed outcome that could have, quite possibly transpired, World War II was, doubtedly, the most significant event in all of recorded human history."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Miller, D.L., Commager, H.S. (2002) The Story of World War II. New York: Touchstone
• Nevins, J., Commager, H.S. (1992) A Pocket History of the United States. New York: Pocket Books

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