Rachel Kay How accurate is it to say Frederick William IV was responsible for the failure of the Frankfurt Parliament? The Frankfurt Parliament was established to create freedom of press, German citizenship for all, fair taxation, equality of political rights and to create a unified Germany. However, countries like Austria greatly opposed it. Frederick William IV could be seen as responsible for the failure of the Frankfurt Parliament because he refused to accept any form of leadership and made it clear he distrusted the ‘gentlemen of Frankfurt’. However, many other factors played a role in the demise of the Parliament such as the fact that they were ill-organised, the lack of popular support and their inability to enforce decisions.
Analysis of the Essays There are those who blame the United States, those that blame the Soviet Union, and there are the post revisionists, who take no side. In analyzing these two essays, we see the two opposing opinions quite clearly (there is no essay in this chapter supporting the post revisionists). In the first essay, “Truman’s Hard Line Prompted the Cold War” by Walter Lafeber, the United States is put at fault for instigating the war. Lafeber gives numerous reasons, examples and evidence to strengthen his argument, and among them are: Truman’s hunger for power, his stubbornness to show himself as ‘tough’, and several economic and political reasons as well. Lafaber uses phrases such as “highly insecure” and “tried to compensate for his insecurity” to paint a negative image of Truman.
Root cause analysis is a method of problem solving that tries to identify the principal causes of problems because it is the best way to achieve complete prevention of recurrence. The American Revolution, and perhaps future revolutions as well, are caused for some core reasons. These are immensely important in analyzing the war and the future of America for they will turn out to shape the very democratic ideals that wrought our great nation. I think history is taught and learned for the hope of not repeating the atrocities, learning from the mistakes, and, in general, to learn from the past. That’s why the causes of the Revolution are most important, because they can be used to prevent more bloodshed and war.
The responsibility of the origins of the Cold War often triggers questions among historians yet both powers should be blamed for taking part in it and how the fear from unpaid reparations from Russia, Stalin’s fear of the nuclear weapon and Stalin’s fear of the Truman Doctrine. Through most analyses, the fault was often given to Stalin’s ambitions to expand communism in Europe, a conventional idea of the Orthodox school. Other historians revised this idea therefore blame the United States’ actions for the origins of the Cold War, which were analyses of the Revisionists. Though Later, the Post-Revisionist school was adopted; its goal was not to blame any side but focused on examining “what” caused the start of it. Even though, both sides have claimed responsibility for their actions, Stalin’s intentions should be seen as defense actions from the West therefore, the United States is mostly responsible for the start of the Cold War.
World order is defined under the Uniter Nations Charter as the “maintenance of international peace and security”. It generally refers to a system of internationally set arrangements preserving global political stability. The notion of world order is important as it promotes peace and resolves conflicts between and within nations. As numerous conflicts arise, whether it may involve social, political, moral or religious differences, world order is present to stimulate peace and security as well as promote economic stability and social progress for all nations. International law, international systems as well as principles currently exist to aim to resolve disputes, however the compliance predominantly relies on the discretion of state sovereignty and jus cogens, which both act as barriers in achieving world order.
Well first of all Wilson had a very moralistic foreign policy meaning that he made foreign decision based on what he believed. Wilson was a firm believer in Democracy so he had already made up his mind and what side to take on the war in disregard to what the people on the States thought. This is really important because the propaganda that goes along with pushing Wilson’s believes of pro-democracy and anti-communism and anti-monarchy has played an important role in WWI, WWII, The Cold War, and this idea even plays a strong role today and the view most Americans have specially over communism and countries that practice it. Lastly and probably and probably most importantly was the raise of Americanism during the little “hiccups” The states had with
The Corollary of Monroe Doctrine by Theodore Roosevelt and the blockade of Cuba substantiate the United States’ national self-interest through foreign policy. That is why this nation is sovereign, because of how we use our abilities of superiority. Although being a superpower is a great advantage it also comes with a great responsibility of controlling peace around the world. As long as the United States is still a superpower, its foreign policy around the world will eventually lead to their nation’s
With the creation of the United Nations and NATO, we joined efforts with various countries in the cause against communism, also a success. Another successful point of containment was the doctrine
Vietnam: America’s involvement is necessary America’s involvement in Vietnam was a much contested topic during the sixties. There were people, such as, Lyndon B. Johnson who supported the war and others, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who opposed it. America involving itself in the war was the right choice. There was a need for America to prove that it was willing to fight communism on all fronts, to keep its promise to keep peace and help other nations, fight as there’s no other way to obtain peace, as well as gain stability in its home soil. The nations of the world had just gotten out of World War 2 a few decades ago in 1945.
The document guides countries who are being suppressed to move towards revolution even today. The Declaration of Independence is relevant today because it is based upon timeless values and sets guidelines for old and new governments. In essence, the Declaration of Independence itself is timeless. Some may say the Declaration of Independence is irrelevant, but to myself and many others it is just as important