Reading Question

1. This book is set during World War II, which some would argue was due to the failure of the ideals of Western civilization (consider what you are learning about in IHSS). Do you agree? Why or why not?

I disagree that WW2 was due to the ideals of Western civilization because of how it came along. World War Two, from my eyes, started with Germany invading Poland and declaring war on France and the UK. From there, all the other countries started to join in based on need or because they wanted to take the opportunity to take land from other countries. One such place was Japan trying to take Asia, or Russia that only got into the fight for political reasons. Thus I think that Germany was the feather that broke the camels back and that, though the west was in a bit of a bind politically, it was less ideals and more money, politics and power that started the war.