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    ‘The immediate post-war years were depicted as an era of social stability of secure functioning institutions‚ full employment‚ benign welfare state and trusted systems of expert knowledge.’ How far do you agree with this claim as an accurate picture of the UK after the Second World War? Did things change towards the end of the twentieth century? The question requires a two part answer. First‚ do I agree with the claim regarding the immediate post war years‚ and second‚ was there a change towards

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    it also opposes the peace. Therefore‚ in this essay will discuss the history of samurai and bushido code and will also illustrate the impact of bushido code in the World War Second. There is no doubt that Japan was an isolated island in the world and Japan was a society based on sword fighting‚ which created a unique system in the world. From the 12th to 19th centuries‚ Japan had a feudal system with four various classes (Turnbull‚ 2003). The highest class was the samurai class‚ which consisted

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    all of the jews in world War Two. The final solution was the codename for the nazis to murder all of the jews within reach. According to the Nazi policy statement “The jews were the aliens of europe”. The final solution plan was a bad plan that was basically the death sentence for millions of jews. The anti- jewish policy evolved into the government supported act. The plan was created because the germans believed that the jews were at fault for the germans loss in world war one. This plan was carried

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    Decolonization takes place when a settlement overturns the doings of colonial rule. In a sense‚ it holds true it sense of violence in every decolonization process‚ similar in context to a revolution. Many countries‚ many empires and many villages and settlements have undergone this transformation in government and jurisdiction‚ which usually is followed by a period known a post-colonialism. The causes of decolonization can be in fact a wide variety‚ ranging from outside interference to simple public

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    excel at everything‚ he started o in a form called ’Shell’‚ a group of boys a year older than himself who were not particularly bright. Even when he moved up he was only ever in an average class; not that Alan cared. He seemed to live in his own world where his only priorities were to perform chemistry experiments and work out advanced mathematics. Both things I can imagine didn’t make him very popular. One teacher was amazed by Alan’s ability‚ that’s right‚ his maths teacher. In 1927 Alan‚ who

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    their experiences at Bergen-Belsen. It took about two weeks to get the Typhus epidemic under control. The British also had a Rabbi come to the camp to help the victims. Leslie Hardman was the first British Jewish Chaplin to enter Bergen-Belsen the day after it was liberated. In his memoir he recalled The Colonel at regimental headquarters telling him “keep a stiff upper lip Padre” and that he had to go to Belsen because there were Jews who were kept prisoner there. When he got to the camp he found the

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    Was World War II a legitimate war? in the context of just war theory. ’In war some sorts of restraint‚ both on what we can legitimately fight for (jus ad bellum) and on how we may legitimately fight (jus in bello)‚ are morally required’.1 However‚ recent theorists also add the responsibility and accountability of warring parties after the war (jus post bellum) to the main two categories of just war theory. From Christian perspective the function of the JWT was simply an excuse of making war morally

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    Britain had set up colonies in North Africa and India in the 17th century. This brought Britain into conflict with France in the 18th century. The Seven Years War was the turning point in the British Empire. In 1759 the city of Quebec was captured from the French in Canada. Two years earlier‚ Robert Clive won the battle of Plassey that led the way for the British to dominate India. Defeat in the Seven Years War (1756­1763) and revolution in 1789 injured the French empire. France was able to regain their strong position and amassed a huge empire in North

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    Buchanan British politics in this period witnessed great change: the impact of two world wars‚ the introduction of universal suffrage‚ the sudden arrival of the Labour Party as a governing force‚ and the rise (and fall) of trade union militancy. This course will examine the nature of these changes‚ as well as explaining the significant elements of continuity – such as the dominance of the Conservative Party in the inter-war years. There will also be an opportunity to reassess the role played by leading

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    Valeria Zarubina May 28‚ 2013 World History World War II as a Watershed Event After World War II ended in 1945‚ it was considered to be a watershed event because of its major impacts on history. After the end of World War II‚ the United States had a lot of great changes that occurred. An example of such a change was that women were given more rights. Secondly‚ due to the fact that the nuclear weapon was created during World War II‚ people lived in constant fear that a bomb would be released

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