Changes in World System since Beginning of World War I

Changes in World System since Beginning of World War I

Introduction

The industrial development and competition neocolonialist generated tensions and rivalries in a world in which there was nothing left to be distributed at the level of markets and colonies. This caused the confrontation between the European industrial powers. The massive losses were resulted due to the launch of new weapons, as well as the fact that the military leaders did not adapt their tactics to increasingly mechanized nature of war. 

The First World War was the bloodiest conflict that ended with the Treaty of Versailles. World War I brought in first international dispute of 20th century. During the World War I, the Entente Powers including France, Serbia and Britain along with Imperial Russian republic had a fight against the Central Powers Austria- Hungary and Germany. Later On Portugal, Greece, USA and Italy joined this fight of Entente Powers. The First World War lasted for four years, three months and fourteen days. The war represented a cost of 186,000 million to the belligerents. The casualties in the fighting were enormous, as a large number of civilians were killed. The First World War was a great war that resulted in changes in the Whole world system (World War I, http://iws.collin.edu/kwilkison/Resources).

Discussion

The First World War had demonstrated crisis of civilization. Indeed, in all the belligerent countries, the first world war curtailed the democracy, narrowed the scope of market relations and yielded stringent government regulation. These trends contradict the economic foundations of Western civilization. The first world war had left domino effect on the world system. The world witnessed a great deal of changes and events in the system after the world War I (Kapstein & Mastanduno, 1999, pp. 475-481).

Changes brought in since the onset of World War I in the world System

The war brought changes in geography, politics, societal and economic structure of the world. It resulted in the creation of a new map, new ideologies and forms of government. It brought in revolutions, creating regimens where would respect freedom, where there would be equality (Nau, 2009, pp. 110-115). The catastrophic events, along with many others, gave rise to today's society, postmodern capitalist society (Discovering Imperialism, 2011, pp. 91-100). Following are some major events that took place in the world:

The Second World War

The Second World War was a conflict that lasted worldwide between armed forces from 1939 to 1945. The main belligerents were, on the one hand, Germany , Italy and Japan, called the Axis powers, and the other allied powers, France , the United Kingdom, the USA, the Soviet Union and China to a lesser extent. In many ways, the war was a consequence of a hiatus of twenty years difficult and serious disputes. The First World War had left several issues unresolved. German frustration after the defeat and the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty, along with unrest political and social instability increasingly affected the Weimar Republic. This resulted in a radicalization of nationalism ...