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    The interwar period witnessed significant military innovations and political developments that served as a prelude to total war on the European fronts and in the Pacific. Four historically dominant empires either collapsed or dissolved after World War I, resulting in redrawn boundaries and the creation of new European countries. The newly formed League of Nations sought to prevent future wars by resolving conflict through negotiation and disarmament, but several interwar period conflicts invalidated

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    During the Interwar period, Giacomo Balla was fascinated by innovation, and he used the societal advancements of Einstein's theories of relativity and modern industrial creations as the main influences in his art. In the years after the Great War, Balla’s art had taken on a different role in the art world. He began using abstract shapes and colors to depict society as an ever-changing thing, constantly replacing old with new. In an article in the Washington Times in 1915, Giacomo Balla’s author writes

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    Interviewer Let’s talk about William Golding and his most famous book, Lord of the Flies, in which a group of British schoolboys - aged from around 6-12 - become stranded on an island, and quickly begin their descent into chaos. Today, I am joined by literarian and William Golding expert, Lara Caglar. Expert Hi, Vanessa, it’s a pleasure to be here Interviewer Together, we will be discussing the question on everyone’s minds, what happened to Golding that led him to have such an incredibly negative

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    Innovation is defined as the act of innovating or introducing a new method, device, or idea into a current system or organization. Throughout the interwar period, militaries had certain opportunities to take a look at themselves and determine where they required innovation in order to prepare and improve their ability to face the next enemy. After WWI, countries faced many impediments to military innovations. These included a society’s lack of will, shrunken military budgets, leader incompetence

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    The interwar period, or the period between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II was a unique insomuch as it was marked by the development of new technologies such as tanks, planes, submarines and aircraft carriers. However, this period was also defined by a growing disillusionment in a post war era where uncertainty discouraged involvement in global affairs and isolationism began to flourish. Additionally, many post World War I militaries found themselves confronting drastic military

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    During the interwar period of the twentieth century, Jewish immigrants and American born Jews faced increasing ant-Semitism and discrimination. The external pressure of anti-Semitism and discrimination led to many Jews facing internal anxieties and conflicts about being Jewish and fitting into American society. Assimilation during this period meant fitting into the white gentile majority’s standard of appearance, mannerisms, and middle class ideals. Common stereotypical images from the time depict

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    When you examine the Interwar period, numerous concepts and opinions could be formed about what happened then. Historians may look back on the time period with various opinions and theories on what happened as well as why it occurred. However, if you were to look back and asked what would be the most interesting points. You would have to break it down as such: World War I broke out over the sectionalism and nationalism that was pretty prevalent during the time as well as the alliances that were built

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    communist did not want people to own individual goods or property they wanted to still have control but basically share. I believe that democracy was not present in the interwar period because of how bad the war was. The leaders felt that they knew what was best for their countries. Democracy did so poorly in the interwar period because the world was going through a global depression. Countries like Germany and Italy’s economies really

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    The Interwar Period was a time between the First World War and the Second World War. More specifically it was from November 11, 1918 with the Armistice all the way till September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, which ended up starting WWII. During this time period the nations of the world started to see many changes happening. Many countries political systems began to see changes in ways that would change their standing in the world. Many of the leaders began to change and mold their own ideals

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    The three most significant obstacles to effective innovation during the interwar period were constraints, complacency and opposition on the part of leaders and the political climate. There are multiple constraints that pose a significant obstruction to effective innovation but the constraints focused on for this paper are budgetary, ideological & systematic and political & organizational. Budgetary constraints were significant, especially after World War I (WWI). WWI all but completely financially

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