The restless state in Europe after World War I can be attributed to the poorly established peace treaties. The peace treaties of 1919 through the 1920's developed common ideas in order to prevent a future war and settle disputes. Agreements to disarm amongst nations provided a sense of security...

Large scale nationalistic values arose in 19th century Europe. This was a time when the majority of the political systems favored liberalism, a belief that there should be a free market economy and also people were rewarded because of their talent not there inherited privilege. Nationalism can ...

WWI was the most deadly conflict the world had ever known at the time. Soon after the United States entered the war, over 100,000 American lives were lost. Families were devastated and all were shocked. How could a war that was only supposed to last several months take so many lives? The Amer...

At the conclusion of WWI the world had experienced enough lose of life and resources. A group of peacemakers felt it imperative that an organization be formed so that the devastations of WWI would not be seen again. Eventually in 1920 an international body formed under the title "The League of ...

During the post WWI era, President Wilson had several obstacles to overcome. Facing Congress, and pressure to resume American society to the status quo, he knew he had to act quickly and strongly to support whatever decisions he made. Unfortunately, they were all executed poorly. Wilson fai...

In his article, "The False Promise of International Institutions", John Mearsheimer argues that international institutions are unrelated to political stability, and do not have any major influence on issues of war and peace. In this essay, I will attempt to prove through historical evidenc...