With the world caught in a series of potential proxy wars from Ukraine to the Middle East and tensions ratcheting in East Asia and elsewhere, many have compared the present to 1914, when a trigger event in Sarajevo activated military alliances and led to a devastating global war. think the attitude of politicians today is very different from what it was in 1914. As for WWI not preventing WWII, many see the latter as an extension of the former, and anyway WWII had a greater effect.
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Another difference is the reason  behind the war. World War One was fought because the next in line  for Austria-Hungary's throne was killed and the allies of  Austria-Hungary and Serbia all helped out so a small war turned  into a World War.The American Civil War was very different, it was  fought over the rights to have slaves.. 8 people found this useful.orld War One was different to any other war because it was the first war of that size and importance and it was also the first war that spanned across the world.
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Today's world is different from the world of 1914 in several important ways. One is that nuclear weapons give political leaders the equivalent of a crystal ball that shows what their world would look like after escalation. think the attitude of politicians today is very different from what it was in 1914. As for WWI not preventing WWII, many see the latter as an extension of the former, and anyway WWII had a greater effect.
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They went into it in a gung-ho way. Now I think we are much more afraid of a major war, and we are much more cautious about it. I think the attitude of politicians today is very different from what it was in 1914.As for WWI not preventing WWII, many see the latter as an extension of the former, and anyway WWII had a greater effect. think the attitude of politicians today is very different from what it was in 1914. As for WWI not preventing WWII, many see the latter as an extension of the former, and anyway WWII had a greater effect.
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Empires were destroyed, millions were killed and the world was upended in a war meant to end all others. On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, a move that came a month after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.In a matter of days, Europe's great powers went to war.USA TODAY Network reached out to historians and foreign policy experts to determine what lessons from World War I can be applied a century later.n a matter of days, Europe's great powers went to war. USA TODAY Network reached out to historians and foreign policy experts to determine what lessons from World War I can be applied a century later.
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The difference between the warrior of the Revolutionary war and the warrior of today is like comparing a telephone made with tin cans and a string to computerized phones that can reach around the world.Another person they did not have in the Revolutionary War was a woman.he Civil War was fought between the North and the South over what the South saw as the fed … eral government taking away their rights to own slaves. the civil war was different from the revolutionary war because the civil war was about slavery.
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But the last couple of decades seem quite different. The Gulf War, followed by Somalia, followed by Haiti, followed by Kosovo, followed by Afghanistan, followed by Iraq, followed by Libya and Yemen, and all against a background of drone warfare that now seems all but perpetual, feels very different.n my review of Drift yesterday, I mentioned Rachel Maddow's contention that going to war used to be hard, but over the past 30 years it's become much easier.
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World War II Was Different. “Military Keynesians” – people who think that war is good for the economy – base their theory on the idea that World War 2 pulled us out of the Great Depression.I have exhaustively demonstrated that this is a myth: war is not good for the economy.Military Keynesians” – people who think that war is good for the economy – base their theory on the idea that World War 2 pulled us out of the Great Depression. I have exhaustively demonstrated that this is a myth: war is not good for the economy.
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We’ve Got Much More Debt Now Than at the Beginning of WWII. U.S. debt at the beginning of World War 2 was actually much lower than it is today on a debt-to-gdp basis … even after all of Roosevelt’s New Deal programs.Military Keynesians” – people who think that war is good for the economy – base their theory on the idea that World War 2 pulled us out of the Great Depression. I have exhaustively demonstrated that this is a myth: war is not good for the economy.
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The Civil War was fought between the North and the South over what the South saw as the fed … eral government taking away their rights to own slaves. the civil war was different from the revolutionary war because the civil war was about slavery.Above answer is NOT accurate.he Civil War was fought between the North and the South over what the South saw as the fed … eral government taking away their rights to own slaves. the civil war was different from the revolutionary war because the civil war was about slavery.
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how is war different today
Today's world is different from the world of 1914 in several important ways, because nuclear weapons give political leaders the equivalent of a crystal ball that shows what their world would look like after escalation.