"Compare and contrast the internal policies of Mussolini and Stalin." Mussolini and Stalin were two of the most significant dictators of the 20th century. Both aimed to establish a totalitarian system but their different characters and circumstances in their respective countries resulted in two very different approaches in obtaining their goals. At the beginning of Mussolini ’s era‚ Mussolini was supported by the Liberals in parliament. With their help he introduced strict censorship and altered
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towns and cities. British fortunes were also helped by the fact that the Luftwaffe had never subscribed to a concept of strategic bombing. “British anti-aircraft and civil-defense preparations were inadequate in the summer of 1940”‚ yet the Luftwaffe was unable to wreak the devastating effects feared by many (Axelrod). German tactics were changed again and the Luftwaffe resorted to indiscriminate bombing of larger cities‚ including London‚ Plymouth and Coventry. British fighters were also inexperienced
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The League of Nations was an organisation designed to maintain peace throughout the World. It was created during the Paris Peace Conference. The League of Nations was the idea of Woodrow Wilson‚ the president of the USA. The League’s main aims were to bring together all nations in a parliament to discuss and settle disputes‚ to protect the independence of countries and safeguard their borders‚ to improve peoples living and working conditions‚ and to make war obsolete by persuading nations to disarm
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How successful was the New Deal? To solve the economic problems created by the Great Depression of the 1930s‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a New Deal. The aim was to relieve many economic hardships and give Americans faith in the democratic system. The idea of a New Deal was admired by some people and rejected by others. In this essay I will evaluate the successes and the failures of the New Deal: Firstly‚ Roosevelt?s most important step was to prevent banks from collapsing from all American
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3a) Why did Stalin introduce the Five-Year Plans and did they achieve for Russia what Stalin had planned for? Explain your answer. [12] In 1929‚ Stalin took over Russia who was considered one of the most backward economies in Europe. The Russian economy was in a very bad state‚ many of the factories were run-down and most people could not fend for themselves. Hence‚ to improve the economic conditions of Russia‚ Stalin set about transforming her economical and agricultural sectors by introducing
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Although‚ Federalist is successful in domestic policy: increasing army‚ establishing national bank‚ and national improvement; However‚ Democratic Republican is successful in foreign policy. First‚ Federalist most successful policy is to increase the stronger army and the navy. In fact‚ by increasing the stronger army and the navy‚ federalist want to make sure no other country and enemy would even think of attacking or mistreating. In contrast Democratic republican policy is to reduce the number of
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How successful was the Congress of Vienna in achieving the aims of the peacemakers? The Congress of Vienna was successful in achieving the aims of the peacemakers‚ to an extent. They accomplished maintaining the peace and balance of power in Europe for a while and the Congress was able to resolve many of their territorial disputes without difficulty. The Great Powers worked on maintaining the peace in Europe‚ doing whatever they needed to keep it. For a century they were successful‚ however‚ the
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How to be Successful in Life Success means different things to different people. In this essay i will be discussing what success means to me and how i think it is obtained and also how it is important. Almost everyone wants to be a success in life and look for a lot of ways to obtain success‚ there are so many ways to be successful in life but I feel the most important ways to obtain success is by having a good education‚ being a hard worker‚ and having determination. Those are some of the things
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Was Stalin’s Foreign Policy a Failure? This is a question that can‚ I think‚ be tackled on a purely empirical level‚ proceeding by example and analysis. Stalin was in many ways a superb tactician; cool‚ rational‚ intelligent and utterly ruthless. However‚ his grasp of international relations was never the strongest of his talents. On occasions his miscalculations had disastrous implications‚ both for the immediate and long-term security of the Soviet Union. To begin with the problem was one
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Joseph Stalin‚ leader of that time. Think about you and your families’ jobs and education and the conditions from before Stalin. Now‚ taking all of these into consideration‚ do you think of Stalin as a hero or a villain? No opinion is wrong‚ for there are multiple reasons for both‚ but one must know that Stalin had at least improved Russia. Thus‚ would make him a hero. Joseph Stalin improved Russia in many ways. One way being that he made several improvements to education. In the 1920’s test
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