Wilson proudly declared WW1 as a "war to end all wars." However, ironically, the Great War was also the war where the newest and most lethal machines were experimented upon the newly mobilized troops. Only through these cold and logical experiments did strategists comprehend the bloodshed the weapons were capable of. When the weapons were unleashed, tens of thousands could be killed daily. Thus, countries adapted, copied, and utterly shattered the old ideals of warfare. The war of the past has become the war of the future through intoxicating and gunning down millions. Compare that to the atomic bombs that we have today. The weapons and strategies of the Napoleonic era were futile with these new inventions, chemical gas and the automatic weapon. This new technology forced generals to refute the strategies of old, and embrace a...