Countries and individuals both respond to the actions of others, sometimes being provoked and taunted and other times being crippled by them. The lessons learned from defeat are forgotten in the tides of time and eventually repeated again. This is why war is inevitable. Teaching and learning history in order to prevent these mistakes from being made is vital to mankind, yet it is only effective up to a certain extent. Generations pass and memories are only passed down as stories; as memories fade, the cycle begins anew.
Works Cited
Smethurst, Richard J. "Japan, the United States, and the Road to World War II in the Pacific." The Asia-Pacific Journal. Vol 10, Issue 37, No. 4, September 10, 2012.