In order to learn what suggestions from the Thirty Years' War may be of
use for the League of Nations in the future it will be well to mention
the general similarities and differences between this war and the recent
European war.
The similarities are as follows:
1. The Thirty Years' War began with the throwing out of a window
(defenestration) of detested persons; the European war started from an
assassination.
2. The Thirty Years' War had been expected for some time; a general
European war had been predicted for many years.
3. The Thirty Years' War, beginning with a local incident, spread from
country to country, just like the European war did.
4. The Thirty Years' War was exceedingly brutal for its generation, just
as the European war has been for our time.
5. The Thirty Years' War was a very long one for its generation; the
European war has been a relatively long one for recent times.