Mussolini and many of his colleagues were elected to parliament in May of 1921 with the support of Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti. By November‚ they were formally established as a political party known as the Partito Nazionale Fascista. In August of 1922‚ Mussolini took advantage of a strike when his men‚ known as the blackshirts‚ broke the strike. In October of 1922‚ he declared that the government’s weakness required intervention as he ordered his violent blackshirt squads to gather in four areas
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personality clashes and a power struggle between senior party members. The ambiguity of Lenin’s will paved the way for the apparent heir to seize power‚ sparking conflict between Trotsky and Stalin. The ensuing struggle for power triggered fierce disputes over the economy and the question of succession was reflected in battles between the dominant right and left wing. Despite Trotsky’s standpoint as unofficial deputy to Lenin‚ Stalin was able to seize the role through his notion of socialism in one
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Mao Zedong is one of the most controversial leaders of the twentieth century. He has been known both as a savior and a tyrant to the Chinese people. From his tactical success of the Long March to his embarrassing failure of the Great Leap Forward‚ Mao has greatly influenced the result of what China is today. Most of Mao’s major successes have been in the CCP’s rise to power‚ while Mao’s failures have come at a time when the CCP was in power. <br><br>Mao Zedong was born on December 26‚ 1893 is Shaoshan
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Mao Zedong‚ and also commonly called as Chairman Mao. He is born at December 26‚ 1893‚ and died in September 9‚ 1976. He was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and the founder of the People’s Republic of China‚ which he governed as Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death. He lived in a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan‚ Hunan. Mao adopted a Chinese nationalist and anti-imperialist perspective in his early life. On October 1‚ 1949 Mao proclaimed the foundation
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Was the Application of Terror the Main Method of Consolidation for Mao and the CCP between 1949 and 1952? Many would have cause to argue that terror was Mao’s ‘weapon of choice’ in consolidating his and the CCP’s power and control over the Chinese people; however‚ there are certainly other factors such as overwhelming military and political control‚ or persecution of certain demographics that could be considered to be just as important as the use of fear to force the masses into submission. While
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of the actual power of the Emperor and had led the country into an age of decadence‚ economic chaos‚ and a class system that consistently denied the majority of the population any real control over its destiny. In 1949‚ Mao Tse Tung‚ with Deng Hsiao Ping at his side‚ arrived in Tiananmen at the head of their Red armies ending‚ perhaps forever‚ the era of the Emperors‚ the Forbidden City‚ and the feudal controls. Though they certainly would not have predicted a return to capitalism‚ Mao created a communist
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After the conclusion of Korean War in 1953 the North and the South became hostile to each other. During this period of confrontation which lasted till the seventies Beijing emerged as North Korea’s closest ally. But‚ especially after the Sino-Soviet split Moscow competed for influence by providing arms to the Kim Il Sung regime. The United States felt concerned about the dangers of war damaging its key Asian ally Japan and encouraged South Korea to concentrate on economic development. With strong
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The political power struggle in China is a phenomenon that has been occurring for centuries. Since the beginning of its political history in 221 BC‚ China had been ruled by a dynastic governing system. This system was based off of the lineage of power passed down in a family or line and caused unrest due to its lack of democracy years before the issues leading up to the war began. This age-old political structure was one of the various factors that played into the eruption that would become the
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Mao Zedong Mao Zedong was born in Chaochan in Hunan province in 1893. He is considered to be the father of Communist China and along side Sun Yat sen and Chiang Kai Shek played a fundamental part in China’s recent history. He came from a peasant family. His education was hard and he experienced no luxuries same with all the peasants that living in 19th century China. He first became a Marxist while he worked as a library assistant at Peking University. In June 1921‚ he co-founded the Chinese
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the Chinese people. One of these individuals was Mao Zedong‚ leader of the Communist Party. The beliefs and achievements of Mao Zedong portrayed him as both a hero and a villain. He influenced Chinese society dramatically. When Mao Zedong faced the Nationalists with his new ideas of communism‚ he was a hero to the peasants during the 1930s. Mao won the support of the majority by promising the peasants land from warlords and economic equality. When Mao pledged to give social equality‚ peasants were
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