The main reasons that the League of Nations was originally set up was to prevent war‚ encourage disarmament and as a way to settle international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. As stated by Wilson‚ ’This treaty is nothing less than an organization of liberty and mercy for the world’ (Foley 1969:129) The intentions of the League appealed to many countries‚ especially as they were still raw from the war and favourable towards pacifism. With the benefit of hind-sight it is easy to criticise
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After the long and deadly First World War‚ of which the U.S. had been embroiled in for over a year‚ people were finally ready for their soldiers to come home. Some were even ready for peace. However‚ many Europeans had lost everything in the war and were not ready for peace. They were ready for revenge. The Treaty of Versailles reflected those sentiments. Internationally‚ the battle over the terms of the Treaty of Versailles was between those‚ such as Woodrow Wilson‚ who wanted a “peace without victory”
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After the First World War everyone wanted to avoid repetition of the mass slaughter of the war that had just ended. US was horrified by such an act‚ therefore‚ President Woodrow Wilson suggested an international body whose sole purpose was to maintain World peace. Before 1920 there was no such organization or place where the national Delegates could meet up and try to talk their way through their problems. After the War with great number of deaths‚ this idea was liked by almost everyone. Its main
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Henry IV. (1589-1610) He was assassinated by a Catholic Was a Huguenots (calvinist) James 1:8. Double minded main Matthew 16:26. Gain whole world and lose soul Advisor was de sulle Cardinal Rochelieu Chief council to Louis XIII (1614-43) Great cardinal Real ruler of France Founded French absolute monarchy Raison d’état - "reason of the state" The good of the state is the supreme good "Man is immortal‚ salvation is hereafter; the state has no immorality‚ it’s salvation is now or never"
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Thesis: To discuss the philosophers who participated and had an affect in The Age of Reason. OUTLINE I. David Hume A. Contributions to the Age of Reason B. Who and what influenced him II. Jean Jacques Rousseau A. What he believed in B. Who influenced him III. Claude Adrien Helvetius A. Influences B. Reasons for contribution IV. Immanuel Kant A. How he made a difference B. Why he made a difference C. What caused him to make a difference V. Johann Fichte A. Influences
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Poland‚ Auschwitz was home to both the greatest number of forced laborers and deaths. The history of the camp began on April 27‚ 1940 when Heinrich Himmler‚ the head of the SS and Gestapo‚ ordered the construction of the camp in northeast Silesia‚ a region captured by the Nazis in September 1939. The camp was built by three-hundred Jewish prisoners from the local town of Oswiecim and its surrounding area. In June of 1940 the camp opened for Polish political prisoners. By 1941 there were
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Document paper on Peacekeeping‚ peacekeeping- international relations 1918-1936 (1) (a) Why‚ according to Source A‚ had the Allied statesmen been unwise in their treatment of Germany? (2 marks) In the extract from Guilt at Versailles‚ Antony Lentin states that the Allied statesmen did not create the Treaty of Versailles to conciliate or destroy Germany. Instead‚ the Treaty left Germany bitter‚ resentful‚ in want of revenge and a potential enemy in the future. (b) What message is conveyed
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HOLLYWOOD IN THE TWENTIES (CONTD...) *HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS AND THE CREATION OF MPPDA *CECILE B. DEMILLE *”THE CONTINETAL TOUCH” LUBITSCH AND OTHERS *IN THE AMERICAN GRAIN *ERICH VON STROHEIM HOLLYWOOD SCANDALS AND THE CREATION OF MPPDA Since the earliest days of the Nickelodeon‚ moralists and reformers were very much disturbed by the corrupting nature of the movies and their effects upon the American youth. Powerful pressure groups were created to protect the American audiences from the
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established a People’s Government in Lublin in early November 1918 which called for a constitutional republic with a program of radical political and economic reforms‚ though its power was restricted to Lublin and parts of the Dabrowa basin and Austrian Silesia‚ but would ultimately fail seven days later after the German
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‘Blitzkrieg’ succeeded in Poland not because of it being a superior tactic‚ but because the Polish were unprepared. To what extent is this statement an accurate assessment of the success of ‘Blitzkrieg’ in Poland in WW2? Introduction Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (18889-1945)‚ the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ or Nazi Party‚ grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarianism‚ from 1933-1945. It was founded in 1919 as the German workers party‚ the party promoted
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