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Arthur Henderson

The more the history of the World War and what led up to it is studied, the more clearly those tragic years become revealed as a vast collapse of civilization.

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Studying the events and causes of the World War shows how deeply society and its systems broke down during that time. This breakdown was so severe that it exposed a widespread failure in the way civilization functioned.

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