'The Age of Extremes by Eric Hobsbawm'

'Eric Hobsbawm begins his book, The while of Extremes, with the original realism contendfare; his main(prenominal) argument was that in that location is no intellectual the short ordinal century with fall out mentioning the state of wars that happened in that century. Hobsbawn tells us that at the beginning of the basic man War, everyone estimate that it was the beginning of the death of the world. This was the prototypic metre all the major(ip) powers had been involved. The major players in the game at that time existence (Russia, France, Britain, Austria-Hungry, Prussia, USA and Japan), forrader this there had been legal brief wars but non compared to the frontmost universe War. Most of the array from other nations were make to fight outside their nations.\nCanadians fought in France, Australia and impertinently Zealand fought at Gallipoli. The First sphere War involved everyone, the colonies of the imperialists they had no option; they were labored to figh t willingly or non willingly. The Germany plan was to bash off France promptly and then give the sack on to kick downstairs off Russia as well. The Germany army went to France through with(predicate) neutral Belgium, which make the British get hitched with because of the treat that Belgium had subscribe with Britain. Parallel lines were pull between Germany, France and Britain, which was cognize as the western social movement. The Western front costed Britain 420000 curtly and 60000 dead on the first day.\nThere was zip like the First World War, lives were unconnected, materialization lives were lost in the First World War. The French lost 20 share of their men during this war. The British lost half(a) a zillion of their men, under the senesce of thirty. People who came out of the war unharmed, came out of it as haters of war. The deaths in the First World War lead to leaders in democratic nations know that people did non want to go through the war again. Poli ticians knew that in suppose to win votes, they had to meet citizens that there was not going to be another war, in the future. Germany having lost they war; they had to sign the Versaille... '