TY - BOOK AU - CEBULA Adam TI - The Legacy and Consequences of World War I PY - 2020/// KW - WAR KW - LEGACY KW - WORLD WAR I KW - CONSEQUENCES KW - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS N2 - The article points out the enduring and patently disconcerting significance of the events of 1914-1918 by analysing the nature of the war, as well as its profound impact on international relations, in terms of Hans J. Morgenthau's theory of political realism; It examines a paradoxical case of polish volunteers' participation in the anti-Russian campaign on the Great War's Eastern Front as displaying all the essential characteristics of justified warfare whereas, the third emphasises a crucial element of jus post bellum, namely the adequate (well-balanced) international remembrance of all war-related civilian deaths - the latter still remaining arguably distorted as regards the dramatic historical developments in Central and Eastern Europe in the last one hundred years. Opening an unprecedented era of virtually unrestrained political and military violence, the bloody clash of global powers at the beginning of the previous century continue to pose numerous challenges for contemporary researchers UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/15027570.2020.1796311 ER -