How Far Was Lenin Responsible for the Bolsheviks’ Growing Hold on Power in the Years 1917-24? Lenin was responsible for the Bolsheviks’ growing hold on power during the years 1917 through to 1924. Lenin was a natural born leader and his leadership skills along with his access to the Red Army through with help from Trotsky cemented the Bolsheviks growing hold on power. A reason for Red Success was Geography. The white armies weaknesses also created an opportunity for both the red army and Lenin to
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“To what extent did the Bolsheviks succeed in the October Revolution and the Civil War due to weakness in opposition?” The Bolsheviks were not a majority party in Russia‚ and it is therefore quite an achievement that they not only managed to gain power‚ but that they held on to it. On paper‚ you would not have thought the Bolsheviks would have been able to seize power or maintain it if faced with any substantial opposition‚ so does this mean that their success was dependant on the weakness of
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Was little rock a success or failure as a civil rights protest? Little rock protest was a success and a failure. I personally think that it was more of a failure then a success. This is because the little nine went through a lot of physical and verbal abuse‚ crowds of white people at different ages would gather to throw stones‚ hit round the head with rolled up newspapers and shout inappropriate words to the nine students‚ this was because they were black and the white popularity did not want
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Was the Falklands War a political success or failure for the - Thatcher government? - On 2 April 1982‚ the British political system was rocked by news of an extraordinary event eight thousand miles away in the South Atlantic. A long-standing and thorny dispute with Argentina over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands – a tiny relic of empire proximate to the South American mainland – had erupted with a sudden and unprovoked invasion of British territory by Argentine forces. Britain’s
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your head when you hear Greek Civil War? The language‚ Destruction‚ Athens or ancient artifacts. Greece is a country in southern eastern Europe consisting of 2 mainland peninsulas and thousands of islands that lie along the seas. It was the birthplace of the Western civilization and the ancient landmarks. During World War II‚ Greece had helped Albania in which they were being invaded by Italy. Once the Greek army held them back the Nazis had intervened during the war and had overthrown both Greece
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200651932 PIED 1542 Globalisation Annotated Bibliography: The Global War on Terror 1610 words Elvira King Global War on Terror Journal Article: Zenko‚ M. & M A. Cohen. 2012. Clear and Present Safety: The United States Is More Secure Than Washington Thinks. Foreign Affairs pg 79-93 In Zenko and Cohen’s section of American ‘Foreign Affairs’ magazine’s 91st volume‚ they set out to critically analyse the true extent to which
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intensified‚ strengthening the northern and the southern causes. Some historians argue that slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War. I believe this statement is half true but half false. Even though slavery was the cause of the civil war‚ the primary cause was not slavery‚ it was the territorial expansion. First of all‚ to make it clear‚ it is not wrong that slavery was the cause of the Civil War. As John C. Calhoun stated on March 4‚ 1850‚ “the subject of slavery would‚ if not prevented
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Throughout history‚ the world has faced numerous wars‚ revolutions‚ and uprisings. People have seen more sweat‚ blood‚ and tears shed than we care to admit and millions have lost their lives fighting for their nations. Wars tend to begin when tensions with other countries or one’s own government arises. Civil wars occur because of the latter. During a civil war there is widespread discontent with the current government and their ways and so the majority of the population‚ usually those oppressed
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slavery was the main cause of the Civil War fail to realize that its was many problems that arose before the freedom of slaves was even questioned . Slavery became the topic during the war not before . Since the war came after the Industrial revolution ‚ different technologies and good strategic thinking . The North had strategies they came around once they had new technologies like trains.Soldiers were sent on train across many routes as a way to sneak up on the Southerners .Their strategy was to make
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