2011 Copyright © IIUM Press ISSN 0128-4878 Book Reviews Malaysia’s foreign policy‚ the first fifty years: Alignment‚ neutralism‚ Islamism. By Johan Saravanamuttu. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies‚ ISEAS‚ 2010‚ pp. 388. ISBN: 978-9814279-78-9 Reviewer: Abdul Rashid Moten‚ Department of Political Science‚ International Islamic University Malaysia. E-mail: rashidm@iium.edu.my Malaysia’s foreign policy is very much under-studied. Nevertheless‚ there exist several scholarly
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Stalin’s Foreign Policy Joseph Stalin rose to power in the USSR by 1928. His foreign Policy means how the USSR interacted with other nations such as France and Germany. Historians interpret Stalin’s foreign policy in two different ways: One side describes his foreign policy being aimed at manipulating the western nations (Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany and the US) into a destructive war between them‚ making it easier for Stalin to expand towards the west. This view describes Stalin as being
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Like the intentionalists‚ the functionalists did have some stronger arguments. Mommsen refers to the Holocaust as a “political process which eventually led to the conclusion that there was no way out but to kill the Jews in Auschwitz and elsewhere.” He further put forth his belief “this did not come into being before the second half of 1941.” Intentionalists cannot counter this claim easily‚ “No one has uncovered any SS plans for the relocation of Jews in the Soviet interior‚” intentionalist Richard
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Jäckel | | |Taylor rejects the Nazi claim that the formation of a Hitler | | |government in January 1933 was a seizure of power | | |He challenges the views of other historians as why and how | | |Hitler came to power (Hitler was not made Chancellor because he|
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During the early to mid-twentieth century‚ the United States entered a period of deep isolationism in response to the policies of foreign countries. American foreign policy consisted of two goals‚ isolationism and neutrality‚ however‚ the countries views changed during the time period of 1930-1941 in response to the Great Depression‚ attempted neutralities with foreign countries‚ dictatorships‚ and attacks from other countries. In the very beginning of the 1930s‚ the United States was faced
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Hitler’s Foreign Policy (1933 - 1939) German Reaction to the Treaty of Versailles. The Aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy. German Rearmament. The Saar Plebiscite. The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland. The Anschluss with Austria. The Sudetenland Crisis. The Munich Agreement &Appeasement. The Invasion of Czechoslovakia. The Nazi-Soviet Pact. The Invasion of Poland. The Timeline of Hitler’s Foreign Policy (1933 - 1939) (Reversal of the Treaty of Versailles
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Germany 1919-1939 Essay 2012 HSC Question –“ How successful was Nazi foreign policy in achieving its aims to September 1939?” Following the Nazi rise to power‚ Adolf Hitler’s regime conducted‚ and to a certain degree implemented a foreign policy that aimed for the incorporation of all Germanic speaking peoples into the Reich (Volksgemeinschaft); German domination of Western Europe; and the attainment of vast areas of living space (lebensraum) for the greater good of the volk. While the Nazis experienced
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Hitler’s foreign policy‚ the development of a dictator state‚ Nazism it’s self‚ strong animosity towards the Treaty of Versailles and the quest for ’living space’ saw the beginning of World War Two. Living space or ‘Lebensraum’ was to be in the east for the Herrenvolk‚ the German master race‚ to live in at the cost of the Soviet Union. Purely Hitler and his ideology fueled conflict in Europe‚ nothing but aggressive‚ violent and forceful acts would have stopped him and his extreme foreign policy. However
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MUSSOLINI’S FOREIGN POLICY In the early days of Mussolini’s regime (he came to power in 1922)‚ Italian foreign policy seemed rather confused: Mussolini knew what he wanted‚ which was ‘to make Italy great‚ respected and feared.’ But he was not sure how to achieve this‚ apart from agitating for a revision of the 1919 peace settlement in Italy’s favour. At first he seemed to think an adventurous foreign policy was his best line of action‚ hence the Corfu Incident and the occupation of Fiume in 1923
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German land and population. The aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy were to regain all that Germany had lost‚ and in order to do so‚ he would have to undo what the Treaty of Versailles had done. His objective was very clear and consistent‚ and in order to achieve his aims‚ he would have to take full advantage of the situation‚ exploiting every opportunity that is available to him. An example of Hitler’s opportunism can be witnessed in 1933. Before Hitler could invade other countries or intimidate his
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