WORLD WARS OF THE 20th CENTURY: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

The paper analyzes the features of the World Wars as the type of armed conflicts. It is concluded that the emergence of the phenomenon of world wars is due to the qualitative shifts in international politics that took place at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. It is noted that on the eve of and during the First World War ethno-political factor has played a significant role in world politics. In the final phase of the First World War and in the postwar years has increased the influence of the ideological factor. The article states that the errors made at the Versailles Peace Conference, contributed to the Second World War. The correlation of geopolitical and ideological aspects of the political process before and during the Second World War is analyzed. The concequences of the First World War for the system of international relations of the second part of the 20th century are regarded .