Review for Midterm part 1

Questions
1.
[a] Source C states that the Geneva Conference failed because most of all the nations present only presented their 'own specific programs of rearmament.' The French refused to limit arms, thus immediately stomping any attempts at a world disarmament.
[b] The cartoon depicted in Source E portrays the result of the Geneva Conference. Professor Geneva (aka the conference) presented 'King Kong the Greatest Monster in Captivity.' King Kong is labelled with 'armaments' thus implying that the strongest monster in the world was the worlds weapons of warfare. Armaments is breaking free of its captivity, implying that once it is free peace (which is cowering in fear) will suffer at the worlds hands. The overal message from this cartoon is that the world cannot have a complete disarmament of its weapons and militaries. Peace will not successful with this ideation.

3.
Source C is a news piece, 'Izvestia', from the Soviet Union, dated on July 26, 1932. The exact author is considered to be unknown, thus making it more difficult to assess its limitations and values based on origin alone. The except from this news piece addresses the Geneva Conference, with its purpose being to specifically detail why the conference was not a success for the world. The intended audience it was written for was most likely to the people who were currently residing in the Soviet Union, and possbily to the League of Nations. The purpose of this source provides a good oppurtunity to address it's values for studying. One of the obvious values for studying this is that the news piece provides a direct insight into the Soviet Union and
Stalin's specific views on the conference. This value also has it's coinciding limitation that it presents a nationalistic bias, which is not uncommon for documents of this type. Another value is the educational purposes this documents provides. The reasons for the Geneva Conference failing are layed out, though they are from a one-sided point of view that blames the Soviet Union for no part of the failure. The reasons such as the excess amounts of other proposals can be confirmed by other sources, such as in Source E when Germany's views on the matter are introduced.

Source E is a Biritish source, published in 1999. This source is an excerpt from what is believed to be a book written by Carolyn Kitching entitled 'Britain and the Problem of International Disarmament, 1919-1934.' The excerpt provides a British perspective on who should be to blame for the failure of the Geneva Conference. The prime limitation is found alone in the origin. Carolyn Kitching is a British author who is 1) commenting on Germany's faults, 2) defending the French's faults and 3) not addressing any British faults. This document provides no British insight to their own country, thus making the documents value decrease. There is a value, howeve, found in the purpose. There's a new view on the matter of the failure that is being presented. It shows an opposite side of the argument in comparassion to Source C.