Unrestricted submarine warfare raised ethical questions about sinking civilian and neutral ships, which included floating hospitals. Germany had to counteract Britain's strategy of creating a naval blockade because it was destroying their economy. Treaties such as The Hague Convention that were made to protect human life were disregarded. Levetzow fought for policies that would enable Germany to use unrestricted submarine warfare. There is no humanity (Humanitatsduseli) concerning submarine warfare because U-boats were too small to take prisoners. In some instances, deck guns were used to kill any survivors once a ship was sunk. However, these unhumanitarian policies caused an uproar internationally that eventually gave the initiative for America to get involved in the war.
“No single episode did more to poison Soviet-American relations—perhaps to predispose the Soviets to regard the outside world as hostile—than the dispatch of American troops to Siberia.” — From Kennan’s 1984 book on U.S.-Soviet relations. America's involvement in Siberia was the first frost of a coming winter. The newly established Soviet government always remembered how America tried to halt their uprising and overthrow their government, which resulted in the Cold War. President Wilson tested the waters on how America could be influential in world affairs. If Trump were president during the conflict in Siberia, he may have implemented an America First Policy. Trump would want to control the coal mines for America because he would not want to risk American lives for an unworthy war, causing billions of taxpayers' dollars to be wasted. There are historians who believe that Wilson created a foundation for other countries, such as Korea and Vietnam, creating a quagmire of fo...
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