popular books on the battles that determined the fate of China” (Tanner 274) those who went through the events of the 1940s and listened in their history classes from the 1950s to the 1980s “shared a public memory that was created to explain the Nationalist defeat and to justify the decades-long charade in which the government on Taiwan maintained that its ultimate goal was to return to liberate the mainland from Communist oppression” (Tanner 274). The core of the public memory that remains is that
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and the breadth of the political nation valued the Kaiser‚ so he did not face any serious challenges in this period. This nationalism and patriotism was particularly felt by the traditional elites‚ who the constitution favoured‚ and pressed for nationalist foreign policy to unite against threats to the status quo‚ which did soak up a lot of the tensions of the period. It should also be noted despite this attempt to present a united front against threats to the status quo‚ parties looking after sectional
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REVOLUTIONARY NATIONALISM AND THE MIDDLE EAST One of the effects of World War I in the Middle East‚ was a variety of nationalist movements began and spread due to the division of the Ottoman Empire. There are five essential assumptions of nationalism: all nationalists believe that humanity is naturally divided into smaller nations‚ nations can be identified by certain characteristics that all its citizens hold in common‚ including; ethnic‚ religious‚ or historical traditions‚ times might change
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of the Soviet Union (CPSU)‚ and the disintegration of USSR into the 15 states which occurred on 25 December 1991. The implementation of glasnost and perestroika‚ the collapse of Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe‚ Reagan’s Arms Race‚ the rise of nationalist movement in USSR all contributed to the collapse of USSR by hastening the speed in swhich the USSR collapsed. However‚ the rivalry between Gorbachev and Yeltsin was the most important as it nailed the final nail into the coffin of USSR‚ ensuring
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Hitler’s Nazi Party sought to expand Germany’s geographical borders and to utilize military might through dictatorial rule. Japan’s own nationalist form of militarism could be seen in the colonial attack on China‚ which resulted in Nanking massacre in 1937-1938 during the Second Sino-Japanese war. Hitler’s fascist ideology was primarily taken from Mussolini and the nationalist militarism of the Black Shirts‚ which allowed the German brown Shirts
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empire‚ and the native Indians citizens encouraged nationalist movements. During the Great War‚ the Indian nationalist formed two organizations‚ the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League that opposed the British to bring self-rule to India in order to gain independence for India. As the war continues‚ goods and foods were scarce which led to social disgruntlement among British colonizers. The British government reacted to the rise of nationalist movement that came in the awaken of peace agreement
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impartiality of the judges of the Supreme Court. [1] What is meant by High Court being a Court of Record? [1] Specimen Question Paper 2014 Question 2 (a) What is meant by Doctrine of Lapse? [2] (b) Mention any two objectives of the Early Nationalists. [2] (c) When and by whom was Bengal partitioned? [2] (d) State any two objectives of the All-India Muslim League. [2] (e) Briefly explain the terms ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’. [2] (f) Mention any two clauses of the Mountbatten Plan.
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British made economic decisions in their own interest‚ leading to political unrest among Egyptian constituents. The Wafd‚ an Egyptian nationalist party‚ concentrated on British financial missteps to gain broader support for nationalism. The urban proletariat‚ the rural peasantry‚ and the landowners struggled economically in British-protected Egypt‚ resulting in a nationalist tide that would end in strikes and protests. Each of these groups fought foreign control of the Egyptian economy in a variety of
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masters. It is our purpose here to compare and contrast the nationalism of the two archipelagoes in Southeast Asia‚ namely Indonesia and the Philippines‚ through their history of colonization‚ the factors that contributed to the rise of their nationalist fervor and the continual development of their nationalism in the face of the 21st century with the intention of better understanding their distinctions and similarities. II. Analysis Nationalism‚ for one‚ has many definitions‚ but it is largely
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a common identity. The common ground between the two was that they felt they belonged with people of the same ancestry to themselves‚ either in terms of. The days of multi-national empires were drawing to a close. The main catalyst in the nationalist movements across Europe was the French Revolution. In fact‚ it was during which that the term ‘nation’ was first used‚ and La Marseillaise‚ which was written during the period was the first national anthem of any state. It was also after this
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