What was it like after World War I?

On a global scale, the years following World War One are sometimes known as an "Age of Anxiety," or, given the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the "interwar years." Both names capture the sense of uncertainty and turmoil that characterized the period. In the United States, the immediate postwar era was marked by a withdrawal from involvement in global affairs. The nation, chastened by the carnage of World War I and gripped with a fear of foreign influence in any form, pursued a policy of isolationism that was embodied by the refusal of the Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations. In Europe, Germany struggled to get back on its feet, gripped by persistent inflation and political crisis in the new Weimar Republic. The process of rebuilding was complicated by the billions of dollars in war reparations imposed upon the nation by the Versailles Treaty. Germans harbored simmering resentments that would explode in the 1930s. Perhaps the most significant development in the later years of the war was the Bolshevik Revolution. This occurred when radical communists (Bolsheviks) seized control of the revolution in Russia, and it resulted in a bloody civil war that witnessed the rise of a communist regime. Across the world, many colonies harbored resentments as their hopes for independence were dashed. In reviewing the aftermath of World War One, one is struck by the unresolved issues left lingering after that terrible conflict. Many of the tragic developments of the interwar era, including economic depression and the rise of dictatorships, can be traced to these issues.
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