Mussolini Benito Mussolini appears to stride through 20th-century Italian history like a buffoon‚ a fascist dictator whose ludicrous posing was dwarfed by the incalculably more sinister nature of Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime. Young socialist Mussolini was born in 1883. As a young man‚ he was a rousing orator‚ a tireless journalist – and a socialist. In 1912‚ after years of hack journalism and self-promotion‚ he was appointed editor of the Socialist Party newspaper Avanti!‚ preaching left wing revolution
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Following his ascent to power‚ he successfully oversaw the genocide of millions of Jews‚ Gypsies‚ and homosexuals‚ while earning the respect and loyalties of the German nation as well as other countries. By optimizing his adroit oration abilities‚ he eventually convinced the entire German nation to follow him whole-heartedly and began a world war in the process. Being in a state of bankruptcy and distress‚ Germany was easily swayed by Hitler’s promising claim for a German rise to power and wellbeing. The
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Castro Rise The Power Dr. Fidel Castro Ruz became involved with political protests as a young student. After Batista’s coup in 1952‚ he went to court and tried to have the Batista dictatorship declared illegal. However‚ his attempt to peacefully bring down the Batista government did not work‚ and so in 1953‚ Castro turned toward violent means. On July 26‚ 1953‚ Castro led a group of men to attack the Moncada military fortress. However‚ his little rebellion was immediately crushed
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Power is earned by force because the citizens are scared about what the leader will do to them and power is kept by persuasion because lies are better than the truth.. Clearly‚ Leaders gained power by using force because it is a very easy way and very popular way to gain power. For instance‚ Napoleon wanted to trade and get different supplies so‚ “one Ssunday morning Ssquealer announced that the hens had just come in to lay… must surrender their eggs”. Napoleon made the hens give up their eggs for
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MINI ESSAY: Hitler’s Rise to Power “Hitler’s rise to power was due more to the weakness of the Weimar Republic than his own strengths.” I agree with this statement to a large extent due to the various evident shortcomings in the means by which the Weimar government addressed issues faced by Germans in the years leading to Hitler’s rise to power. The Weimar Government was a coalition government made of many parties that had proportional representation. As there were too many political
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overthrew Gerardo Machado’s authoritarian rule and Batista assumed power. Beginning in 1934‚ Batista maintained control of Cuba through a chain of puppet presidents until he was elected President in 1940. Batista served for four years and then moved to the United States. However‚ Batista returned to Cuba to run for president yet again and‚ certain that he would be defeated by a reform party‚ staged a coup d’état where he was able to seize power and establish himself as a dictator. During Batista’s reign
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Aztecs were a relatively small and unknown tribe who called themselves the Mexicas. In the year of 1100 they left their homeland of Aztlan and came into the Valley of Mexico. And from their humble beginnings‚ the Aztecs rose to become the greatest power in Meso America by the time the Spaniards arrived‚ in the 16th century. In the year of 1325‚ the Mexica tribe founded their first city known as Tenochtitlan in the Valley of Mexico near Lake Texcoco. (Put up overhead of map) This map of the Valley
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hearts of many people all around the world. Adolf Hitler gained much control through his use of words and wisdom of people‚ which drove him into being a leader. By using his excellent talents of persuading people to listen to him he had the greater power and built a whole army while promoting his theories and ideas to the world through destruction and lies. 1. Introduction Hitler and the Occult: The Magical Thinking of Adolf Hitler. a. Because German political leader Adolf Hitler evokes
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How Did Napoleon Stay In Power How does napoleon manipulate the animal of letting him stay in power? Napoleon use 3 ways to manipulate the animals‚ he uses animalism to trick the animals to see him as the best option to lead the farm. He uses fear to scare and fill them with lies saying if we don’t eat our milk and apples mr. Jones will come back. Finally he uses propaganda to promote himself on a biased situation of being a leader. Napoleon uses animalism to stay in power. Napoleon states “All
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The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers - Economic change and Military conflict from 1500 to 2000 By Paul Kennedy Fontana Press‚ London‚ 1989. This fascinating book by Paul Kennedy‚ a professor of history at Yale University‚ is about the changing balance of power in the past 500 years. The book explains the interaction between economics & strategy and relates military conflicts to economic progress. As the author puts it‚ “Wealth is usually needed to underpin military power and military power
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