Historical Analogies Have A Great and Significant Value to Everyone Historical analogies have a great and significant value to everyone. They are used compare past wars and events, such as World War 1 and Vietnam. They could be used as guidelines for the future, and a reminder of the past. “All human events possess unique qualities, thus making reasoning by historical analogy a precarious enterprise.” as described in our historical analogy packet, “The future has no place to come from but the past, hence the past has predictive value.” Meaning that almost every course we take in life, it somehow relates to the past, which could be compared with past events to the future in order to show negative and positive consequences of historical events.
For example, after World War II, the United States had realized aggressions from Japan, Italy, and Germany should have been halted way before those powers became so strong that only a major World War could stop them. And now with question in everyone’s mind whether or not our troops should be sent into Iraq in order to stop the mad man Sudan Hussein before he turns to great of a power and only a major World War could stop him. Also, as a reference to the past would be the killing of all the Jews by Hitler compared to what Sudan Hussein is doing right now to the Croats. Hundreds of thousands died during Hitler’s evil rage and now with Sudan Hussein practicing the same methods, action should be taken.
The Term Paper on Historical Synopsis of World War II
At the end of World War I the victorious nations formed the League of Nations for the purpose of airing international disputes, and of mobilizing its members for a collective effort to keep the peace in the event of aggression by any nation against another or of a breach of the peace treaties. The United States, imbued with isolationism, did not become a member. The League failed in its first ...
I think historical analogy is very important and serves a great value. With historical analogy we can see positive and negative consequences from past events and could use these results to avoid certain situations. As said before, “The future has no place to come from but the past, hence the past has predictive value.”.
