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 …showed first 75 words of 562 total…

…showed last 75 words of 562 total…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.