100th Anniversary: Europe’s energy over outbreak of World War I and America’s isolationist behavior in 1914

The European powers surged with excitement over the outbreak of World War I. That energy would be robbed in the trench warfare on the Western Front. 100 years has passed, and hindsight can identify the energy of war in its infancy in Europe was not felt in America. The first true modern warfare was fought […]

Epoch Times: 20 Facts You Didn’t Know About World War I

  20 Facts You Didn’t Know About World War I By:Irene Luo One hundred years ago, on July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist, thus initiating World War I. Before long, Russia, Germany, Great Britain, and France became involved in the conflict. […]

The Brink of War: Syria Becomes Potential Ground Zero for US and Russia

The worst consequence of mankind leaps in technology, communication, and travel is the magnitude of war. The industrial revolution made globalization a reality in the early part of the 20th Century, and World War I or The Great War began in 1914 over an incident in the Balkans.  War broke out over a renegade terrorist […]