Post by tchell on Jan 12, 2011 10:16:05 GMT -5
Before WWI the alliance system was used by most countries in Europe as an attempt to prevent wars from breaking out. This clearly didn't have the affect that the Europeans intended because it created on of the most disastrous wars in world history. Couldn't the European powers have realized that the best way to prevent war is if every country is allied with one another? Since the creation of the UN there have been very few wars (except for the US) and none that involved the whole world.