The military plans laid before World War I presupposed a major war between the countries which were tied together with alliances. Because the Triple Entente had Britain, France and Russia as allies, Germany thought if a war began it would need to fight on two fronts -- west and east. So German Field Marshall Alfred von Schlieffen drew up war plans that said attack France first, quickly, and then hold that territory while deploying forces to contend with Russia in the east. So when Germany declared war on Russia in 1914, the first thing it did was to go and attack France. Thus the war spread and became instantly a more global conflict.
National leaders in politics and the military need to learn caution when dealing with alliances and when committing themselves to military action. Restrained, limited military actions are preferable to the all-out plunging into war that was seen in the outbreak of World War I. Diplomacy should be given its best chance to work before resorting to military options -- even if military options have been pre-planned.
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Answer:
The speaker mentions so many family members in this poem to describe a happy family moment in the poem.
Explanation:
"Ode to Family Photographs" is a poem written by Gary Soto. The poem is about a few bad photographs that the poet's mother has taken. It is from memories that the poet is writing this poem.
By recalling the memories and describing the distorted photographs, the poet is trying to describe the happy family moment they had. The reason that the speaker mentions so many family members is to describe a family moment when the poet's mother took the camera in her hand and the whole family had a good laugh because she captures bad photographs.
From 1871 until 1872, Scott served as president of the Union Pacific Railroad. Scott's tenure ended when he sold his part to Jay Gould, who was trying to build his own transcontinental railway system centered around the Erie Railroad. Scott shared this goal and was soon put in a position to realize it.
