Mussolini was appointed Prime Minister in 1922 due to the depriving affects that world war one had on Italian society. The war destroyed Italy economically leading to a rise in socialism. This in turn lead to highlighting the weaknesses of the liberals as the country was torn apart in the red years. This strengthened the appeal of fascism as it was the cure that Italy needed to get rid of the socialists. The fascists needed only to organise their party and take advantage of the open opportunity to
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EXPLAIN THE CHANGING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION (WEU) When the subject of the Western European Union and its position in the evolving European security environment was raised at a discussion of current issues at NATO in 1993‚ it was described simply as being a "paper tiger" incapable of responding to future crises 1 However the status of the WEU has changed rapidly‚ particularly with the European Community (EC) agreement at Maastricht defining new responsibilities for the organisation
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U.S.-European Union Trade Relations: Issues and Policy Challenges SUMMARY The United States and European Union (EU) share a huge and mutually beneficial economic partnership. Not only is the U.S.-EU trade and investment relationship the largest in the world‚ it is arguably the most important. Agreement between the two economic superpowers has been critical to making the world trading system more open and efficient. Given a huge level of commercial interactions‚ trade tensions and disputes
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how European Integration was achieved up until the 1960’s and comment on the reasons for the success of the European Community in this period.” The context of a united Europe was first officially coined in the aftermath of the Second World War. It was a theory born out of a Europe which had been brought to its knees by the greatest and most devastating conflict the world had ever seen. The post war period witnessed a complete upheaval of power and a renewal of world order. A new European community
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helped to develop it in its rise to the forefront. Surrounded to the east and north by Spain and having no outlets on the Mediterranean‚ Portugal was forced to use the Atlantic Ocean as its main source of travel. The Portuguese were aware that the Arab caravans were crossing the Sahara to bring gold‚ slaves‚ and ivory from Africa to Europe. There was talk about how King Musa controlled more gold than any other ruler in the world. The Portuguese wanted a part of this but needed to figure out how
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lot of biases when it comes down to who’s fault it was and what really sealed the deal and ultimately caused the collapse of the Soviet Union. At the same time when it is asked ‘Why did the soviet union collapse?’ the answer is always ‘there were many factors’. Well what does that mean? That is not very specific at all. Some say it had to do with the numbers of different cultures combined into one union and others may argue that the economy was too stagnant and that no one could have prevented
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With the United States being created shortly after the revolutionary war‚ it soon fell into another crisis‚ and that crisis was the tension between the confederacies and union both having different views and political ideas on how this country should be ran. Some believed it should retain its current state and nothing should be changed‚ while the other‚ being the union‚ believed that equal rights should be a liberty everyone deserves regardless of who they are and what they did. With this being a
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“It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.” Vladimir Lenin said this‚ he was the founder of the Soviet Union‚ a command economy that collapsed in 1991. This quote summarizes the type of control that he believed was required to create a utopian country. In a command economy‚ the government makes all decisions on jobs‚ land‚ and production‚ which leads to many social and political ramifications. This fact‚ along with a multitude of other factors‚ led to the
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Reasons to Read Thirteen Reasons Why Thirteen Reasons Why is the kind of novel that simply cannot be replicated. Unlike other tragic stories written about suicide and various types of bullying‚ the author‚ Jay Asher‚ takes an innovative approach in telling Hannah Baker’s story. The book will touch its readers more than they ever thought possible‚ stimulating their emotions and creating new thoughts and perspectives regarding the issues of suicide and bullying. Thirteen Reasons Why is a tragic
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and can be easily compared to the Christian community‚ as well. However‚ there are a couple of questions that one might need to ask first in order to satisfy any curiosity on the issue or see if they really do share common interests. First of all‚ why are they referred to as the pillars of Islam‚ and what does each signify? Can a transformation really be achieved in an individual’s life by submitting to either Allah or God and observing what the symbol of the pillars might signify within each
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