How peace was established
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What four factors explain how peace was established after a conflict?
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Military outcome, political decision-making, social factors, and post-conflict peace-building.
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Armistice
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An agreement to stop fighting — not a final peace treaty. Terms may still need to be negotiated afterward.
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Treaty of Versailles (1919)
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The peace treaty imposed on Germany after WWI, following decisive Allied victory. Included war-guilt clause, reparations, and territorial losses.
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Why was the 1918 armistice not the same as peace?
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It only stopped the fighting on 11 November 1918; the actual peace terms were negotiated later at Versailles in 1919.
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How did social factors push Germany toward the 1918 armistice?
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Naval mutinies, strikes, and starvation from the Allied blockade created war-weariness that forced German leaders to seek peace.
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Korean Armistice Agreement (1953)
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Ceasefire ending active fighting in the Korean War after a military stalemate. No peace treaty was ever signed.
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DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
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The heavily-guarded buffer strip dividing North and South Korea, fixed by the 1953 armistice.
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Compare Versailles and the Korean Armistice
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Versailles: decisive victory → full treaty → fragile peace (collapsed into WWII). Korea: stalemate → armistice only → frozen but durable peace (still technically at war).
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Paris Peace Accords (1973)
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Agreement ending direct US involvement in the Vietnam War, signed amid war-weariness; fighting resumed and Saigon fell in 1975, showing an armistice can collapse.
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Why can a signed peace treaty still be 'fragile'?
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If its terms create deep resentment (like Versailles's war-guilt clause) and peace-building institutions are weak, grievances can cause renewed conflict later.
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Why can an armistice without a treaty still produce a 'stable' peace?
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Even without formally resolving the conflict, a fixed ceasefire line (like Korea's DMZ) can prevent renewed full-scale war for decades.
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Diktat
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A dictated settlement imposed on the loser without negotiation — how many Germans viewed the Treaty of Versailles.
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