Niall Ferguson's Argumentative Essay: The First World War

The rise of World War I caused millions of casualties and was yet another demonstration of how supposedly civilized nations could be led into a chaotic war of power over lands and people. Since the beginning of civilization, war has been the way of the world. However, with major advances in technology, this idea of war has since become mechanized and deadlier. There is no doubt that the powerful men who lead wars often don’t care to think of nitty gritty of war, to them, rather, it’s a matter of power and legacy. In Remarque’s novel, the particular story of Paul and his comrades is a perfect example of how a generation can be used and manipulated to drive the agenda of power- hungry men. Through Remarque’s own personal experience and unparalleled writing ability, this novel presents many first-hand experiences into the living conditions of soldiers and peoples.

The First World War of 1914-1918, also known as the Great War, was the first total war in history. What began as a European struggle over the balance of power between the triple alliance of France, Britain and Russia on one side and the central powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary on the other, soon became a global conflict that involved the imperial powers of Europe, their colonies and lands such as the Ottoman Empire, Japan and the United States. Although the sheer number of countries involved in the conflict is enough to describe the First World War as a mass war, what makes it total is the fact that it was waged not only against the enemy’s armies, but also against the civilian

The Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services, known commonly as the Beveridge Report was an influential document in the founding of the Welfare State in the United Kingdom. It changed the state function by expanding National Insurance and with the creation of the National Health Service.

Many people don’t comprehend how traumatic the life of a young fighter in World War I was. In my opinion, this book will especially help you understand this. The descriptive language describing the wounds and unpleasant content made me feel queasy at times, but also forced me to feel compassionate for the military troops. In this book, limbs are lost, animals such as horses are killed, starving soldiers dig through garbage for food, the troops are destroyed by poison gas, munitions, and bombs. The conditions the fighters went through in the war was dangerous and disturbing which makes me realize how fortunate my life is and causes me to feel compassion for the fighters because of what they had to struggle with.

Since the beginning of ancient civilizations, the topic of war has been an inevitable topic to approach. No matter how minuscule or gigantic, wars have certain key events and roles they play. When thinking about war people imagine two parties quarreling on some disagreement, but if you look under the microscope there is more to it. During war there are thousands of individuals that are taken captive by their oppositional party. These captives are known as prisoners of war or POW’s for short. Prisoners of war were a huge factor into country warfare and the way nations fight, even for today. Life as a prisoner of war was a brutal task, most captive soldiers did not make it out of the camps by the end of the war. POW’s had to undergo lack of nourishment, abuse, and labor filled jobs. In Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken readers get to receive detailed imagery about life in POW camps.

Reading a fictitious account of a seemingly depressed soldier and learning of all the hardships that come along with the first World War are truly captivating subjects that readers do not have personal experience with. The soldiers who did not even know what they were fighting for, and had no drive to continue fighting. The soldiers who dealt with the battle against Death on a daily basis, living in fear. The soldiers who had to watch as their friends and comrades died in amazingly gruesome deaths and having no way of saving them. The soldiers who had to fight on low resources of food and water.

The First World War is a brutal memory for most, whereas 17 million innocent soldiers were killed. Bill Leadleys diary entry sees us throughout 1914 – 1918 in the bloody depths of Gallipoli.

The first world war was an event that has affected all of those who were involved. Those affected (the soldiers, the medics, etc.) had all been exposed to the horrors of war. The people who had been involved in the war often never forgot the acts of sheer aggression that were committed. The memories from those involved had been burned into their minds since they had experienced such a horrendous event, and those memories rarely fade.

World War One (WWI) was arguably the most costly conflict in human history. With over "one third of men returning home" with serious mental ailments, this war had effects long after the armistice treaty (World War I Document Archive 18). This war lasted well past the signing of the treaty and went on to spark the beginning of the Second World War in 1939. Veterans were plagued with sickness long after the effects of the gas wore off and long after the guns fell silent, and to this day photographs of the trenches send chills down the spine of any man. WWI conjures up images of a no man 's land strewn with dead bodies; their

In terms of sheer numbers of lives lost or disrupted, World War I was one of the most destructive and devastating wars in history: an estimated 10 million military deaths and 20 million more crippled or severely wounded. Yet, what were all these deaths really worth? Was the Great War necessary or could it have been avoided? It is commonly, but not universally, accepted that World War I was inevitable. The underlying causes that led up to it made war seem imminent, but it certainly did not guarantee when it would happen.

In a world where peaceful negotiation is possible, one would think that violence would never be necessary. However, at the commencement of World War I, rather than lament the brutality that would eventually bring about millions of extraneous deaths. Even though the fighting in World War I had ended with the signing of the armistice on present-day Veteran’s Day, the disillusionment of the public would result in the rise of a much more dangerous war. While the Treaty of Versailles may have satisfied the demands and expectations of the Allied Powers in a monetary sense, many civilians and soldiers were still vexed due to the lack of attention to soldiers’ well being, something that deteriorated as the war progressed, the lack of blame received

For an imperial power, surrender can sometimes be worse than defeat. This is because surrender requires agency. It requires acknowledgements about one 's position, and the choices that resulted in sed position. It requires honest acknowledgement and assessment of one’s trajectory, and the probable realities of that trajectories. While easy to list through text, for those unable to accept their role in the consequences of their positions, actions, and realities, surrender can be more intimidating than defeat.

I really enjoyed reading All Quiet On The Western Front. This book started off showing the young men ready to take on war, until the first bombing in the trenches takes place. I found this book to be heart breaking, but it doesn’t veer to far from the truth. WWI is described very vividly throughout this piece. In this piece you really understand first of all, how these young men loose that innocence to war in all reality. These young men some number of 200,000 of them under the age of 18 lost their childhood. It’s absolutely nothing like the luxurious life I live today. These soldiers are frequently subjects to physical danger. Life suddenly becomes serious

The First World War brought unprecedented levels of massacre and destruction. On both the sides the loss was unbearable. The dead bodies became food for rats and flies. But, soldiers have to fight till the last breath. This bloody war was a true portray of global genocide.

The Great War began in 1914 and lasted a gruelling 4 years. During this war, new and powerful weapons were developed such as machinery, guns and heavy artillery. Soldiers had no choice but to dig trenches, which were barely sustainable to live in, in order to protect themselves from the constant enemy gunfire. They lived, ate, slept and fought in these trenches for the whole 4 years…