America and the Great War

America and the Great War
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In studies of the Great War, there have been myriads of misconceptions. One of such misconceptions is that; assassination of Archduke Franz was the immediate cause of the war. To some great lengths, the events of this assassination have been associated with cause of World War 1. However, what such perspectives fail to appreciate is the other aspects that are linked to break out of World War 1. Such other aspects range back into nineteenth century and therefore, stand out alone and away from the assassination of Archduke Franz.
Some of the aspects linked to causation of World War 1 include nationalism, imperialism, and militarism as well as Boxer rebellion of 1900, (Bogdanor 2014). Those different factors played different roles in igniting and fueling World War 1. It is crucial to note that; those factors were not experienced in uniform way in the different areas during the outbreak of World War 1. Different areas experienced different elements and in different magnitudes.
Nationalism is one of the great factors associated with outbreak of World War 1. It is important to note that; nationalism was high in some areas than others and its poor management in the areas highly affected by it resulted to World War 1. When love and loyalty to ones county goes to extreme lengths, then, that becomes nationalism, (Bogdanor 2014). This aspect was mainly experienced in German speaking states in the early 1900 and eventually, there was total lack of appreciation of other people outside this bracket and therefore, World War 1 was inevitable.
During the early 20th century, most German speaking people cultivated a belief of superiority of their cultural, economic as well as military powers. As such, there was no room for appreciation of other peoples’ culture, economic ability or military powers. With these feelings, there was the innate need to showcase the same as well as proving to the rest of the world the supremacy of their states. Since the other states could not give in to their sentiments, World War 1 became inevitable. Out of the feelings of superiority over other countries, there was conviction that; even if there was eruption of war, their country would emerge victorious, especially in view of military superiority, (Bogdanor ,2014). What was not realized is that; similar sentiments were also held by the other rival countries.
In the early years of twentieth century, there was an increased tendency of development of imperialism, (Gibson, 2014). From the effects of nationalism whereby nations felt extreme loyalty to their countries, there was excessive desires to acquire more territories outside the boundaries of countries. This factor was greatly supported by feelings of military superiority whereby, countries felt that they were more powerful than others, therefore, they could use military force to acquire the extra territories.
As the countries that were holding such feelings prepared for the course, there were also preparations in other countries for retaliations, (Gibson 2014). When the attempts were made to acquire such territories, retaliations led to outbreak of World War 1. Imperialism and nationalism went to great lengths in fuel...