8 sentences with 'rivalries'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rivalries and other words derived from it.
• « At least part of the virulence of the cultural struggles of the era was due to this sense of fear and displacement, fears that extended to the growing rivalries between nations. »
• « In turn, the world itself provided the stage on which these rivalries played out as European nations set about the task of conquering and controlling vast new empires overseas. »
• « World War I began because of the culmination of nationalist rivalries, fears and hatreds. It failed to resolve any of these rivalries, and was such a traumatic experience for most Europeans that certain otherwise "normal" people were attracted to the messianic and violent rhetoric of fascism and Nazism. »
• « Many felt that the war would settle nationalist rivalries once and for all, and almost no one anticipated a protracted war. »
• « While nationalist rivalries and international tensions certainly led to war in some ways, as they did in World War I, the primary cause of World War II was undoubtedly Adolf Hitler's personal obsession with creating a vast expanded German empire. »
• « The rivalries that had divided the former "great powers" in the past seemed insignificant compared to the threat of a single overwhelming war initiated by foreign powers that could lead to the end of history. »
• « It is possible to observe the coexistence, within the same state, of diverse communities with different cultural traditions, languages and religious adherences. The differentiated identities of these social groups - reinforced by the existence of historical rivalries - come very close to the idea of what a nation is. »
• « This historic moment in 1492 unleashed new rivalries between European powers as they struggled to create colonies in the New World, fuelled by the quest for wealth and power as well as religious passions. The result was almost continuous warfare. »