The Prince MAJOR THEME Machiavelli had a true and abiding love for Florence. He wanted to make Florence great and also find himself a job‚ as he lost his when the Medici family came into power. He dedicated his book on political science‚ The Prince‚ to Lorenzo Medici in the hopes that Lorenzo would be impressed and offer him a job. However‚ Lorenzo ignored the book and Machiavelli. The Prince is a didactic examination of political power‚ how to achieve it‚ maintain it‚ and expand
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History Guide World War One: Events leading up to World War One: March 1890: The German statesman Otto von Bismarkre signs‚ mostly forced by the new Kaiser‚ Wilelm II. The Kaiser takes a more active role in German Welpolitik. However‚ the blunders of the Kaiser and other chancellors alienate Germany from other European powers and gave increasing influence to army leaders within Germany. December 1893: France and Russia sign a military convention pledging to help each other in the event of a
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What is historical context? Why is it significant in the rise of a single party states? Historical context: * refers to the moods‚ attitudes and conditions that exist at a certain time. * context is the setting for an event that occurs and it will have an impact of the relevance of the event. * helps to understand something in history we must look at its context those things which surround it in time and place‚ which gives it its meaning. * pursuing deeper meaning of any event.
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can talk about alternatives to the free market and global integration‚ then can demand alternatives‚ they can insist on a "third way"‚ but for now none is apparent. From communism to free market It was revolutionary thinks like Engels‚ Marx‚ Lenin and Mussolini‚ the centrally nondemocratic alternatives offered--communism‚ socialism and fascism--helped to abort the first era of globalization as they were tested out on the world stage. 104 Thatcher/Reagan The golden Straitjacket first began to be stitched
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systemCentral: mines‚ submarines (u-boat)‚ unrestricted submarine warfarePractices:Navy‚ submarines‚ trench warfare‚ poison gas‚ tanks | Phase I (1939~1940): invasion of Poland‚ Phony War‚ Dunkirk GB fight alonePhase II (1941~1942): Hitler and Mussolini drive B from Libya & Egypt‚ Greece‚ Operation Barbarossa‚ Pearl HarborPhase III (1942~1943): Battle of Midway & Coral Sea‚ El Alamein‚ Battle of Stalingrad‚ “Final Solution” Phase IV (1943~Aug 1945): Fall of Italy‚ D-Day‚ Firebombing battle
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prisons silence him. In his cell he wrote several notebooks where he outlined his thoughts on several topics from historical materialism to the revolutionary party to the political world perspective. He painstakingly reconstructed quotes of Marx and Lenin from memory as he formulated ideas which are still discussed and used today. After his death his wifes’ sister smuggled his notebooks out of the country in diplomatic parcels‚ when they arrived in Russia they were edited and brought into circulation
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Eric Dorn Brose: A History of Europe in the twentieth century Chapter I: A Spectre is Haunting Europe (spectre=Gespenst) May 1899: The first European peace conference was held at the Hague. 20 European and 6 Non-European Nations attended it‚ their aim was to secure a lasting peace among the Nations The most important goals of the peace movement were arbitration (Schlichtung) and disarmament. The countries appeared however to have differing ideas/aims. Germany sent Baron von Stengel
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History notes CHAPTER 26 - WORLD WAR 1 SECTION 1 THE GREAT WAR BEGINS 1. Europe had been at peace for 100 years 2. Europe leaders became worried about a region called the Balkans 3. Most people in the Balkans are Slavic 4. “Triple alliance” was formed to protect each other from attack a) Germany b) Austria-hungry c) Italy d) Ottoman empire joins later 5. Triple Entente was formed as a response to the triple alliance a) great Britain b) France c) Russia 6. Great Britain is
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Brave New World: A prophecy examined Monday‚ November 24‚ 2014 9:07 AM Depicts a world where the state organized to insure happiness‚ community and stability. Citizens are condition to maintain the status quo Huxley suggests in BNW revisited (essay) that we are drifting towards that at present. Welfare-tyranny BNW‚ people 600 years in the future direct all their energy toward avoiding physical and mental discomfort. The state provides constant diversion in the form of elaborate games‚ erotic "feelie"
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To some extent‚ Mussolini’s ability to secure and increase his power in 1919-1928 was due to the weaknesses of his political opponents. However‚ Mussolini’s strengths were also an important part in doing this. Mussolini was able to increase his power from 1922-1928 through his strategy‚ his ability to obtain Rule by Decree‚ the establishment of the Grand Council of Fascism and the fact that he had the support of powerful groups. He also used various violent tactics‚ which meant the Fascists had the
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