Imperial Conquest: Dawn of the 20th century

20th century empire building arguably served as the precursor to the arms space race of the mid-20th-century.  Parsons mentioned in his 7th chapter on France's stance on war the refusal to fight in intercontinental conflicts.  "The First World War had demonstrated the devastating consequences of total war between 'civilized ; industrial nation-states," Parsons (351).

Overtime, devastation of war became a barbaric notion to the changing world.  Did these anti-war sentiments and resentful feelings spur the attempt at a more technologically-focused and less combat-influenced arms space-race?  Did a more democratized world with media access to atrocities create this idea?

Imperial intersections occurred on a large scale between the whole world.  To combat the Imperial Japanese threat, KuoMingTang leader Chiang Kai Shek and his nationalist forces allied with Western powers and communist forces to oust the Japanese imperial campaign.  Imperial Japan sought the United States as an ally in the conquest for Asia.  Germany's occupation of Italy created a coerced cooperation to fight against non-Axis powers.  The Bloodlands between Germany and Soviet Russia grew even without the two powers having forged an alliance.  Further evidence comes from the Balkan Wars and the interaction of the short-lived Balkan alliance against the Ottoman Empire, which saw the unlikely alliance between four Western nations against a monolithic power.