Many people argue that the 21st century is going to repeat the 20th century, in which World War One, the great conflagration in which the European state system tore itself apart and destroyed its centrality in the world, that that was caused by the rise in the power of Germany and the fear it created in Britain.
很多人认为 21世纪 将会重蹈20世纪的覆辙， 第一次世界大战 的战火 使得整个欧洲的体制 分崩离析 破坏了它在世界的中心地位， 原因就是 德国的崛起 和英国的恐慌。