A World Crisis Can Make Or Break A Country Essay, Research Paper

The topic that jumped out at me and screamed, ?write about me!? was that

war can ?make or break a country?. This statement explains how so many

different countries have come into there own, and have established themselves as

world powers. Europe?s global expansion created the setting within which all

other societies have been compelled to make there way into the modern world.

Russians, Latin Americans, Arabs, Chinese, and other peoples found themselves

faced with the fact of western European dominance in one form or another. None

of them could avoid dealing with it in one form or another. One such an example

was the power struggle between Europe and the United States before and after

WWII. World War II was a period of self-definition for the two countries. Europe

had become the leading force of exploration between 1492 and 1945 until after

World War II when the US replaced them. After the war the Soviet Union had

collapsed and without their threat, the U.S. was attempting to stop the spread

of communism to better the world as a whole.

Before the Second World War Europe was a booming economic epicenter, with

trade routes to virtually everywhere. Their people had witnessed the fall of the

Roman republic, the crusades, and the enlightenment of the renaissance, but as

time waned on European people found themselves faced with the threat of a war

that would bump them out of first place. The United States entered the war in

1941, and Americans moved across North Africa and thereby taking control of the

Mediterranean. In 1943, American, British, and Free French forces invaded Italy.

Finally in 1945 the Soviet Union was brought down by a devastating defeat that

killing millions in both sides. Europe itself was impoverished and in ruins,

ironically, a victim of its own political vices and powers. It was clear that

European Dominance was finished and that the U.S. would define the fate of the

European world.

In my opinion Europe got what it deserved, but I don?t believe that so many

deaths and so much destruction was necessary. Europe was a world leader with

many political and economic advantages to be shared. I believe Hitler could have

been defeated without the involvement of so many countries. He was only one man

made of flesh and blood like the millions of people killed in the war. I do

think that some conflict is necessary, but it should never be taken to the

extent of mass destruction. In American views the war might have overall seemed

positive being that we appeared on top after the dust settled, but I believe

that the United States would have established themselves as dominant in the

years ahead anyway.

In conclusion I have briefly summarized the events of the Unites States that

lead up to the fall of Europe. I have discovered through some thoughtful

analysis of the war as a whole that, maybe, war is necessary to move along

history and events in political power. Although I strongly disagree with war and

its effects, I am somewhat persuaded to take a look at it from a military point

of view. I conclude with a quote ? I know not with what weapons WWIII will be

fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones,?-anonymous