Did Stalin Succeed In Setting Up A Totalitarian State? Overall‚ Stalin did not create a totalitarian state‚ the very definition of which suggests the state’s complete control and authority over every aspect of society; the economy‚ politics‚ religion and culture; as‚ despite all of the action Stalin took to gain this‚ he was constantly facing opposition. Many would argue that the wide range of economic measures used to enforce control over the population allowed Stalin to succeed in gaining total
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To what extent were Enlightenment ideas responsible for the outbreak of the French Revolution and the reforms of 1789? Included sources attached: John Locke‚ “Two Treatises on Government”‚ 1690; The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizens‚ 1789; Arthur Young “Travels in France during the Years 1787‚ 1788‚ 1789” The ancien régime‚ the time before the outbreak of the revolution‚ was divided into three estates. The first estate‚ for the people of the highest position in France belonged
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Take a moment and try to recreate what the 1930 Soviet Union‚ or Russia‚ would have been like. Focus on the laws and actions put in place by Joseph Stalin‚ leader of that time. Think about you and your families’ jobs and education and the conditions from before Stalin. Now‚ taking all of these into consideration‚ do you think of Stalin as a hero or a villain? No opinion is wrong‚ for there are multiple reasons for both‚ but one must know that Stalin had at least improved Russia. Thus‚ would make
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To what extent is it fair to refer to Cavour as the architect of the Italian Unification? After the failures of the 1848 revolution‚ Count Camillo Benso Di Cavour stepped in as the Prime Minister of Piedmont as the state was considered to be agitation concentration for those who still aimed and fought for the independence and unison of Italy. His liberal leadership philosophies enabled him to contribute in the movement towards the Italian Unification. However‚ is it fair to consider him an Italian
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use their powers accordingly or to misuse their powers all together. There are two simple questions that we ask ourselves‚ but can never come up with a simple answer. What is fear and why does it affect us? We have different bodies of authorities that we come in contact with on a daily basis. Each of them have a certain amount of power that they can use. They have ways to use those powers as well as misuse them. When they are placed into a scenario in which they have to rely off of fear‚ they have
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Why was the United States afraid of the Soviet Union after WWII? Why was the Soviet Union afraid of the United States and Western Europe? 2 When World II ended it brought about a period of mistrust and uneasiness between the United States and the Soviet Union. Communism and democracy were
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at the same time. The fact that the Schlieffen Plan was created over a decade before the war suggests Germany were long anticipating it beginning and intended to be aggressive as planned. In source 2‚ Turner describes the plan as “flagrant
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Stalin Constitutes an Abuse of Power Throughout history‚ power has been divided between multiple people‚ and with that a nation was usually led peacefully. However‚ the times that power was presented in a dictatorship‚ it was abused and created an oppressive nature within a nation. After rising to power in the Soviet Union‚ Stalin instilled fear amongst his people by promoting anti-semitism and by creating new policies in order for the people to blindly support him. Around the 1920’s‚ Judaism was
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Essay: To what extent was Japan modernized by 1920s? Modernization is a process by which human beings progress in political‚ economic‚ social‚ intellectual and military aspects for the betterment of society as a whole. In the early 20th century‚ Japan achieved different levels of modernization in political‚ social‚ economic and cultural aspects. Although Japan still kept many traditional beliefs‚ it was the most modernized country in Asia at that time. Here‚ I will evaluate to what extent was Japan
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Why did Stalin rather than Trotsky emerge as leader of the USSR in 1929? A power struggle for control of the Bolshevik party began after Lenin’s death in 1924. Among the contenders for the role‚ two of the most powerful names in this struggle were Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Ultimately‚ Stalin was able to secure power and vote out Trotsky by being politically skilful and cunning however most importantly he was lucky. First of all‚ Stalin was lucky. Trotsky remained ill for most of the power
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