Name Professor Course Date Totalitarianism and Mussolini’s Totalitarian Italy Totalitarianism and dictatorship are two concepts that confuse people because they are often used under the same contexts. However‚ such a case is not true. There is a wide difference between dictatorship and pure totalitarianism. Totalitarianism encompasses all the social concepts of life. It was first introduced by the Weimar Jurists of German in the 1920s. Carl Schmitt and some other German Fascists later adopted the
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Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin were two of the most evil men in history‚ responsible for countless atrocities. They had many similarities as well. Both men committed genocide to further their political agenda‚ massively improved the militaries of their respective countries‚ had their own different groups of secret police and spies‚ and finally they were both tyrannical totalitarian dictators. Despite sharing many similarities‚ their government structure and political philosophies were very different
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Russia 1905-41 1. Compare the characters and beliefs of Lenin and Stalin Stalin and Lenin were similar to an extent in their character but had many contrasting qualities. Lenin had great leadership skill in running the Bolshevik party‚ he was organised and his never-ending determination and dedication was rivalled by none other‚ however to say that Stalin was not hardworking would be incorrect he was calculating and very determined their work ethic
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From the instant one reads the novel “1984”‚ one sees the difference and shocking comparison of Oceania and our world. The protagonist is Winston Smith‚ his character and willingness to find out the history of Oceania is what drives the story. The Party is also one of the main characters in the story in which they oppress Oceania in a totalitarian way. But Oceania isn’t any different then other countries in our world; Big Brother was actually used as a scare tactic to make the people more dedicated
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familiar to the country Russia. Orwell goes beyond to show secret correlations to Stalin and the Revolution in Russia. The books expresses the connection between the novel and Russia from the points by Stalin being represented as a pig named Napoleon‚ the farm trials‚ and lastly from the rules that were made on the farm. Firstly‚ in the novel‚ it is clearly shown that the pig‚ Napoleon‚ is the same exact person named Stalin from Russia who had the same effect on his country‚ or farm in the book. Orwell
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WWII World War II was by far the most destructive and horrific war fought. The war started in 1939 and lasted until 1945. No previous war could match the death and carnage seen by survivors and veterans. WWI was largely responsible for the conditions that had set up WWII‚ but the advanced weapons‚ the demoralization of humanity and the will to destroy showed the 20-year difference. The war included many nations‚ but the main Allies included Great Britain‚ the U.S.‚ the Soviet Union‚ China‚
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Berlin 1945 End of WWII results in a USSR domination of Eastern Europe tensions arise that lead to cold war 1949 Russia explodes first atomic device => tension with the U.S 1954 Stalin dies Khrushchev replaces him as first secretary -In effort to gain political status Khrushchev delivers a speech which denounces Stalin 1955 Warsaw pact created to counter NATO -Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ East Germany‚ Hungary‚ Poland‚ Romania 1962 Cuban missile crisis between U.S and USSR almost leads
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The death of Lenin marked the start of Stalin legacy over U.S.S.R. In his speech The Hard Line‚ he said “All beat her-for her backwardness: for military backwardness‚ for cultural backwardness‚ for political backwardness‚ for industrial backwardness‚ for agricultural backwardness.”‚ not only does this phrase describes the state of U.S.S.R but also Stalin ambition and sensitivity towards his country. Stalin design was to insure that Russia would no longer trail behind the rest of the world as it
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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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1944‚ when it was created by a Polish lawyer named Raphael Lemkin‚ who combined “geno”‚ meaning race or tribe‚ with “cide”‚ which means killing. The Holodomor refers to the famine of the Ukranian people from 1932 to 1933 under the rule of a Josef Stalin. Under his leadership‚ the Soviet Union persecuted the Ukrainian people by denying them their basic needs. An estimated 7‚000‚000 people died in this genocide‚ which is also known as Holodomor‚ meaning “death by hunger.” The events that led up to
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