How totalitarian were Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany? Giovanni Amendola first coined the word ‘totalitarian’ when describing the Italian Fascist government under Benito Mussolini in 1923 as different to conventional dictatorships. It is after this that the word was popularised to have both negative and positive connotations. However‚ German theorist Carl Friedrich and political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski collaborated to formulate a modern day politically scientific definition known as the
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How far do these sources suggest that British rule was accepted in India at the beginning of the twentieth century? To a certain extent sources 1‚ 2 and 3 suggest that the British rule was accepted in India. Source A shows efforts were made to improve the relationship between India and Britain but ultimately it implies that the viceroy should try not ‘to trample on the people’. Source 2‚ similar to source 1 implies that India had no freedom and India was in no ‘position to gain our independence’
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The Help directed by Tate Taylor‚ based on the award winning book by Kathryn Stockett. The movie received Grammy nominations for showing a fictional take of real life events that occurred in the 1960’s in Jackson Mississippi. Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Eugenia (Emma Stone) or Skeeter collaborated together to make sure that African American maids stories were heard. Illustrating the theme of moral courage shown by all of the maids featured in the film. Views are first introduced when Aibileen is
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Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis - What Caused It ? How Can US Recover From It? The recent financial crisis in the U.S. that spread to other countries and caused massive turndown in the global economy had its roots in the recent waves of globalisation. Since the developed countries’ production had shifted dramatically towards services‚ specially to financial services‚ and this in turn led to financial liberalizations‚ developed countries experienced massive capital inflows‚ lending booms‚ housing and
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The following paper will start by examining the macroeconomic state of Germany by citing real changes in fiscal and monetary policies‚ exchange rates and international trade. It will then analyze their influences and consequences on the economy and will finally conclude with a general comparison to the US economy and a future outlook for Germany itself. In the beginning of the millennium‚ Tax Reform 2000 was implemented‚ the largest tax relief act in Germany’s post-war history
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Why did Germany lose the First World War in 1918? The First World War was a huge event which ended abruptly; going from huge German advances after March 1918 to Germany asking for peace later that year: they were forced from a hard hitting offensive to defeat for various reasons: One of the key reasons for Germany’s defeat is the internal problems suffered by Germany from late 1917. Morale in the ranks of the Germany army was diminished to a painfully low point: they were exhausted from the spring
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How far were the league of nations aims justified? When the League of Nations was set up‚ it has four main aims. They were: to encourage nations to disarm; to discourage aggression; to improve living and working conditions of people all round the World; and to encourage countries to cooperate. The League was successful in some areas‚ particularly in with its various commissions and mandates‚ but over all‚ it was unsuccessful in achieving its aims. When it came to organisation‚ the League was quite
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Intro to cylones: In meteorology‚ a cyclone is an area of closed‚ circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth.[1][2] This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate anti-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Most large-scale cyclonic circulations are centered on areas of low atmospheric pressure.[3][4] The largest low-pressure systems are cold-core polar cyclones and extratropical cyclones which lie on
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available could conceivably give the government increased power over citizens‚ power that could be used not just to monitor‚ but in some cases‚ to discriminate. (Give examples of how govt. abuse their power) A 2012 Pew Research survey found that 32 percent of people believed that the government’s anti-terrorism policies have gone too far in restricting the average person’s civil liberties. Later in a 2012 poll‚ the Pew found that 54 percent think it is not necessary to give up civil
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Aïsha Atherly November 2006 European History _How far did Napoleon Bonaparte maintain the revolutionary ideals of liberty and equality in France?_ Prior to the French Revolution‚ the system of government was based on Absolute Monarchy which meant that the monarch claimed total authority of the state. They were answerable to no one and their word was law. At that time‚ the social structure in France was in need of desperate reform. It was divided into three estates; the clergy‚ nobles and peasants
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