Intentions vs. Results

By acting against the uncontrolled aggression of the Nazis in Germany, the world basically showed that they were ignoring the atrocities that were occurring in both Europe and China.  Though in retrospect this may look like a thoughtless move, at the time it must have appeared that the angry military force of Hitler's Nazis was a bit more threatening to the rest of the world, where the atrocities were largely contained in their respective areas.

And though the results of WWII could not have been predicted by any means, the results surely make up for what was ignored before the war.  The atrocities being committed in China by the Japanese were stopped, and the events in India change as India gains its independence shortly after World War II.  In fact, many colonies gained there independence shortly after WWII, which is also a beneficial upside of the results of the actions of the world.

College Graduate Unemployment

A current issue that is being handled based on false assumptions relates to the unemployment rate of recent college graduates.  It is assumed that the reason that these students cannot find jobs is that there are not a lot of jobs for these kids as they are entering the workplace.  While it is true that there are not a large amount of jobs in the specific major and salary that the students are looking for and this is the main problem.  These students are becoming more and more unwilling to accept lower jobs right out of college because they ‘deserve’ the higher paying jobs right away.  If more college grads were willing to take these lower paying jobs, the unemployment rates of recent graduates would be much higher than it appears.

Question from pages 89-91

Would the Irish revolution have been more successful with the 20,000 guns and ammunition in the ship that was scuttled on the way to Ireland?

Anti-Revisionist

I have to agree more with Fritz Fischer because I feel that Germany had too much to do with the starting of the war.  They went ahead and made plans even knowing the risk and they pushed a localized war in hopes that it didn't spark a world war.  Because of these blatent risks in the face of a devastating world war I feel that Germany has to be the most to blame.  I in no way believe that the war is entirely Germany's fault.  There were many other factors in play at the time.  But the actions of Germany prior to World War I are difficult to ignore.  Without the intervention of Germany, the Austria Hungary/ Serbian conflict would not have grown so large, which would not have brought Serbia's ally Russia in, which in turn sparked the mobilization of militaries around Europe.  In my opinion Germany is the most to blame.

Forces Driving Imperialism

I think that there are a few different forces driving imperialism, one of the MAIN causes of WWI.  First off is the potential gain in resources that could be made through imperialism was a very appealing factor to the select nations that had the power at the time to actually carry out imperialism.  Also, in response to the other nations' imperialism, the nations that did not participate would eventually fall behind in the race to become a world power. In relation to WWI I think the most important factor is the foothold that a nation could take in different areas around the world.  This foothold could provide a nation with strategic bases and resources that were spaced out across the globe for easier access for their military.  This would be a major advantage in the event of a world war, and this is why so many nations pursued the path of imperialism.