In retrospect, the long-term significance of the war (World War II) whose opening Aleksandr Pernikoff witnessed was boundless, splintering the empires World War I had strained, recrafting technologies, reforging economies, restricting societies, dividing the world into ideological camps, and casting the shadow of the bomb over the planet. But World War II was also the final episode in a longer series of conflicts: the civil wars (as German historians call them) of Western civilization, in which European powers and the United States contended for the spoils of the rest of the world, and the battle of giants in east Asia, in which China and Japan disputed hegemony. Write a research paper on culmination of World War II signal the end of the primary storyline this course has followed? In the quotation above, Fernandez-Armesto argues that it did. You can agree with Fernandez-Armestos conclusion. If so, explain why and support your answer based upon the text and the lectures. But you can also disagree. If you do, then offer your own conclusion along with supporting evidence. Please cite each of the chapters at least three times. Essays should be between 500 750 words.Show more
