causes of world war 1

Although the coming of the First World War has aroused much interest and controversy, the question of immediate causes can be answered with considerable certainty. Darwinism, a theory developed into practice in politics in the form of aggressive colonial conquests has greatly worsened international relations in the early twentieth century. A frantic rush to plant the flag over as many people and as much territory as possible, had serious consequences. Imperialism resulted new tensions among …

…national pride, a blinding passion of which we lose control, so it becomes self-terminating, with its nearsighted positions and corrupt views has been a barrier between nations throughout man history and has once again proved the world’s interdependence and interconnection. Such obvious lessons that we have learned from the past soon become only a distant memory to us and we once again let history repeat itself, turning it into a repetitive and predictable cycle.