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Picky: we won relative peace from victory in WW2, but the bungling of the denouement of WW1 led to WW2.

OK, in Europe. Yes, war with Japan very likely would have happened had Hitler died in prison in the 1920s and nothing come of Nazism.

Getting even more cynical, exactly how WW1 ended specifically with respect to the Ottoman Empire helped produce the Armenians' peace of the grave.

Putting this another way, WW1 was the last great 19th century war with all those great new 20th century weapons.

Trump is more likely to reproduce WW1 and its aftermath.

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"WW1 was the last great 19th century war with all those great new 20th century weapons . . . . Trump is more likely to reproduce WW1 and its aftermath."

Very insightful.

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