PPT-“The War to End All Wars?”

World War I Overview In the late summer of 1914 the nations of Europe went to war All parties involved expected that the conflict would be short and decisive that as the British press was fond of claiming the boys would be home by Christmas. p. 18 Millennium 1. STUDY QUESTIONS. What was the reason for the “Hundred Years’ War and how did it develop?. It broke out because of Edward III’s claim to the vacant throne of France. Tragic events such. Sci-fi. Space ship. Aliens . CGI. Futuristic weapons different worlds. Space . good vs evil. Scientists . Time travel. Dark lighting. White rooms . Action male hero . Dramatic music . Conflict . In the promotional material for the film Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens there are a lot of genre conventions. For example, good vs evil, space, spaceships, conflict and CGI. From the film promotion we know the genre of the film is sci-fi. . Patrick Henry was a somewhat the antithesis to James Madison of Federalist note. While every bit as emotional a writer, Henry (who penned the well remembered "Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death" phrase) ‘At eleven o’clock this morning, the cruellest and most terrible war that has ever cursed mankind came to an end. I hope we can say that this morning came to an end all wars.’ . David Lloyd-George speaking in Parliament on the 11. By Don and Alleen Nilsen. As an over-the-top melodrama, in which everything is exaggerated, . Star Wars. can be seen as a parody of the science fiction genre.. It is also a “Comedy of Humors,” in which the characters are sanguine, bilious or phlegmatic. The “humors” used to be seen as the liquids of the body, and they could become out of balance.. (We’re not watching 300). All accounts of war are Greek, no Persian records found . Main source- . Herodotus 484-425BC. “Father of History”. Persian Wars- 499-449 BC. "For the first time, a chronicler set himself to trace the origins of a conflict not to a past so remote so as to be utterly fabulous, nor to the whims and wishes of some god, nor to a people's claim to manifest destiny, but rather explanations he could verify personally.". Background/Causes. By 300 BCE, Rome was one of the five world powers along with:. The great empire of Carthage in the west. 3 Hellenistic monarchies: Egypt, Syria and Macedon in the east. Challenges to the Republic: The Punic Wars. Which war for which question. ?. General Questions . to consider – . you get to choose which war(s) . to use as . an example. Which war(s) are appropriate and will allow you to answer the question effectively?. Chapters 22-25 . History Alive!. , Ch. 11 . Americans. History Alive!.  . Ch. . 22: From Neutrality to War . p. . 283-291. “Was it in the national interest of the US to stay neutral or declare war in 1917?”. M – . Militarism. : Fascination with war and a strong military. A – . Alliances. : Agreements among varying nations to help each other out. I – . Imperialism. : Building empires and competition for markets. Containment. Mutually Assured Destruction. Korean War, 1950-1953. Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Afghanistan, 1979-1989. Mikhail Gorbachev. The Kitchen Debates, 1959. The First Phase, 1947-1953. George Kennan’s “Long Telegram” and the policy of containment. World War I. Overview . In the late summer of 1914, the nations of Europe went to war. All parties involved expected that the conflict would be short and decisive – that, as the British press was fond of claiming, “the boys” would be “home by Christmas”. “The world is getting less violent; we're just more aware of the violence.”. The decline of war. Outside the Middle East, war is effectively disappearing. In Nigeria, Boko Haram is on the retreat from many of its home territories. . La gamme de thé MORPHEE vise toute générations recherchant le sommeil paisible tant désiré et non procuré par tout types de médicaments. Essentiellement composé de feuille de morphine, ce thé vous assurera d’un rétablissement digne d’un voyage sur .