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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Bader Al Majed IB History China and Mao Origins and nature of the authoritarian and single-party states * Conditions that produced authoritarian and single-party states * Mao Zedong came to power and created the People’s Republic of China after decades of civil and international war. * The Communist party assumed power and utilized propaganda strategies to alter people’s opinions and outlooks. * Emergence of leaders: aims‚ ideology‚ support * Communist ideology helped him
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The development of children and adolescents has always been a topic of debate‚ not till much later in the psychology world was this subject looked at as its own. With the help of psychologist such as Freud and Erickson developmental theories were able to help understand this type of development. Children are ever changing and growing with the combination of these three theories; psychoanalytical‚ learning‚ and cognitive theories‚ they are able to develop. These theories help children become part
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Analyse the rise to power of either Hitler‚ Stalin or Mao. [20] Joseph Stalin became the leader of the USSR after it’s first leader Vladimir Lenin died. Stalin’s rise to power was violent and ruthless‚ however the result was just what he wanted to achieve. In this essay I will analyse the rise to power of Joseph Stalin as well as look at the steps‚ which he took towards becoming a totalitarian leader of the USSR. Joseph Stalin was studying to be a priest but he was expelled for his revolutionary
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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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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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Hitler’s Rise To Power When we look back at the horrific results that came to pass under Hitler’s leadership‚ we cannot help but wonder how a man like this could gain control over a country. In order to understand‚ we must look at the elements that were in place prior to his becoming Germany’s leader. During the 1930’s the people of Germany were depressed‚ defeated‚ and down trodden. They needed a leader who would give them hope and a plan to change the grim outlook of their homeland
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Joseph Stalin Joseph Stalin‚ was known as one of the greatest Soviet leaders of the Twentieth Century. Joseph was born December 19‚ 1879 in Gori‚ Russia. Joseph came to power in Russia in 1924‚ a few years after Vladimir Lenin’s death. Joseph Stalin ruled over Russia until his death in 1953. When Joseph was young he attended the church school in Gori‚ he was a smart child. When he was in school he did very well in religious studies‚ geography and Georgian. He also studied Greek and Russian. When
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Wednesday‚ 24 September 2014 Why did Hitler gain power in 1933? I believe that there were 5 key motivators for change within Germany which led to Hitlers rise to power in the 1930’s‚ and his election as Chancellor. In this essay I plan to explore in depth about how‚ after ten years‚ Hitler finally gained the trust of the German people‚ and most importantly‚ their vote. Although Hitler was not responsible for the Great Depression‚ nor did he particularly have any control over the collapse of the
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and how does Mao attempt to counter these criticisms? Peasants swarm into the house of local tyrants and evil gentry who are against the peasant association‚ slaughter their pigs and consume their grain. At the slightest provocation they make arrests‚ crown the arrested and parade them though the villages. Because of these behaviors‚ some people call “going too far”‚ or “exceeding the proper limits in rights a wrong”. However‚ Mao Zedong said “first‚ for ages they have used their power to tyrannize
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