RECONSTRUCTION

Reconstruction After The Civil War

Reconstruction After The Civil War

Goals of the period

The changing nature of conflict has called for a changing approach to postconflict reconstruction. The Treaty of Versailles, the peace settlement reluctantly signed by the defeated countries after World War I, has been acknowledged as an ineffective mechanism to moving forward. Many historians attribute the harsh stipulations from the allied forces on the defeated countries as one of the causes for the conflict that led to World War II. It has become accepted by international actors and by most governments that the concept of punishing a nation ...