The Rise of Dictatorships After World War one‚ Germany had grown increasingly unhappy with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Because the democratic Weimar had signed the treaty‚ these same people‚ at worst also hated democracy as a form of government‚ and at best‚ were highly suspicious of its ability to run Germany. The German economy had been ruined by the war‚ in order to reparations; the government had begun printing large amounts of money in the early 1920s. As a result‚ German money
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Nazi Germany and Oceania is the totalitarian governments‚ more specifically‚ dictatorships. In 1984‚ the dictator‚ Big Brother‚ was feared‚ respected‚ and loved. Throughout the story‚ Winston was a skeptic of Big Brother and the Party’s actions; however‚ by the end he conformed‚ and he admitted his love for the enigmatic leader. “He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what
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3a) Why did Stalin introduce the Five-Year Plans and did they achieve for Russia what Stalin had planned for? Explain your answer. [12] In 1929‚ Stalin took over Russia who was considered one of the most backward economies in Europe. The Russian economy was in a very bad state‚ many of the factories were run-down and most people could not fend for themselves. Hence‚ to improve the economic conditions of Russia‚ Stalin set about transforming her economical and agricultural sectors by introducing
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Democracy or dictatorship? [pic] We all have been saying in the past and even now that even the worst democracy is better than dictatorship but the question we need to ask ourselves is that even after all the efforts made by the lawyers movement and fresh elections in pakistan have we achieved a REAL democracy? At this present time we got two mainstream parties PPP and PML(a-z) both been controlled in undemocratic ways where one person lead it and no matter what happens he/she is gonna be leader
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Dictatorship as a form of government is not new. It was a recognised institution in the republican Rome where normally the authority of government was vested in two presidents called Consuls. In times of emergency the Romans used to appoint a Director to supersede the Consuls‚ granting him supreme powers to meet the crisis. But Roman dictatorship was a temporary expedient to meet a crisis and was discarded when the crisis was past. Moreover‚ the dictator was selected by a legal process with
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Plan of the Investigation How were the Purges of 1934-1938 successful in helping Stalin maintain his autocratic power? The aim of this investigation is to assess how the purges of 1934-38 helped Stalin preserve his power in the Soviet Union. In order to evaluate this‚ the investigation assesses Stalin’s role in relation to the purges‚ as well as their purpose. An analysis of this should indicate the extent to which the purges were successful‚ and their contribution to Stalin’s power. In the
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Amongst the Bolshevik revolutionaries who took part in the Russian Revolution of 1917‚ Stalin was appointed general secretary of the party’s Central Committee in 1922. He subsequently managed to consolidate power following the 1924 death of Vladimir Lenin through suppressing Lenin’s criticisms (in the postscript of his testament) and expanding the functions of his role‚ all the while eliminating any opposition. He remained general secretary until the post was abolished in 1952‚ concurrently serving
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revolution was a parallel to the Russian revolution that started 30 years prior to the book Animal Farm being written. Snowball represents Leon Trotsky and Napoleon represents Joseph Stalin. Like Trotsky‚ Snowball was exiled from the farm and was forced to go to another one. Napoleon led the farm under dictatorship for the rest of the novel. Some leaders will use any means‚ even distortion of truth‚ to retain power. This is definitely
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4/22/13 Class world history ld History Activity People in Wor 19 P r o f i le 1 Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) The guilt of Stalin and his immediate entourage . . . for the mass repressions and lawlessness they committed is enormous and unforgivable. Mikhail Gorbachev in a 1987 speech on the anniversary of the Russian Revolution Copyright © by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. Joseph Stalin rose from a life of poverty to become the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1929 to 1953. A brutal
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To what extent is the USA’s superpower status threatened by the emergence of the BRICs (15) A superpower defined is a very influential and powerful nation. Currently‚ we live in a unipolar world and the USA is the only superpower. Factors such as economy‚ population‚ military strength and geographical location determine a nations superpower status. It is debatable whether the USA is currently being threatened by the emergence of NICs such as the BRICS‚ Brazil‚ India‚ Russia and China. China may
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