Enduring Issues Eric Palumbo

We are never ever getting back together, like ever. 

Independence movements around the world are casting off old colonial ties.  Using various methods of civil disobedience, freedom fighters are inspiring their nations to rise up and take control of their own countries. 

The Cold War heats up as proxy wars pop up around the globe.  The Soviet Union will be no more after events outside and inside the Soviet Union lead to its collapse. 

WWII has ended and a chill has descended over the globe.  Frosty relations between the United States and the Soviet Union are going to shape the world situation for decades to come.  Cold War Part 1 explores the Cold War in Europe. 

Part 3 of our 3 part series on the world wars.  

How did the end of WWI lead to the start of WWII?  What is the connection between WWI and the Russian Revolution? Why was a mad man like Adolf Hitler able to take control in Germany?  These questions and more will be discussed on this weeks episode of Enduring Issues

The world at war....part 1.  Here we will look at the 4 underlying causes of WWI and the spark that set everything in motion.  New technologies combined with a unique style of warfare will result in causalities never before seen in battle.....death and destruction on an industrial scale.  And an uneasy peace that could lay the foundation for future conflict.