The text authors quote Randolph Bourne's remark that "War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion . . . irreversible forces for conformity . . . [and] coercing . . . groups and individuals." Was Bourne right? Supply some evidence that Bourne accurately predicted one consequence of American participation in World War I.

From a personal point of view, Randolph Bourne was right in making the remark that "War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion . . . irreversible forces for conformity . . . [and] coercing . . . groups and individuals". First, he was right because war has been extending the power of states all over the world. War enhances states, and increases their wealth and power; on the other hand, war can also diminish states as well: enhancing and diminishing any state depends on the degree of health of war―either the war is healthy or not, or anything in between; secondly, during wars, states usually have greater control on the affairs of government and the people whom they rule over: in exercising control, states force or coerce people to conform to their ideas.

As given in the statement of problem,the author Randolph Bourne's remark that "War is the health of the State,the author's prediction was right since the sequence of event happened exactly the same in world war I.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.