Position Paper: Nationalism forces countries to pursue alliances in the name of national interest. As groups of countries form these alliances to grow in strength‚ they can lead to ultranationalism and hostility between each other. This hostility grows into situations where war is nearly unavoidable. The source shows how this happened with the conflict between Serbia and Austria‚ turning a small battle between countries into a massive world war. In the political cartoon‚ people representing Serbia
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have been demonstrated today and throughout history. It is the biggest social and political force of the world. It unifies people and makes them stronger. It can lead to a stable economy‚ patriotism and even ultranationalism. But‚ one could argue that all these things‚ especially ultranationalism have had bad consequences such as crimes against humanity‚ fascism and clouding a nation’s ability to interact properly with the rest of the world. In my opinion nationalism is only a positive force among
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Ultra nationalism develops in people when they have huge belief in their own group and fear and loathing of anyone who challenges those beliefs. some people believe that drastic social and economic changes that result in poverty and unemployment can start an extreme nationalism. The great depression of the 1930s‚ for example hit Germany especially hard as it was still recovering from the first world war. The people were looking for a strong leader and Adolf Hitler used this and powerful propaganda
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki Genocide The main causes for the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was because of Japan’s decision to attack the U.S at Pearl Harbor. Then following that attack they invaded the Philippines which was under the United States control at the time. The purpose of the bombs was to essentially shorten the war and to reduce the number of americans that could have been killed. This happened in the two cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 6‚ 1945 the united states bombed
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Genocide never happens as a surprise. (It was cruelty that overtook them.) Genocide is always politics. Of course‚ there are political goal‚ but those political goals can be reached or achieved in different ways. Some people think that exterminating people or exterminating a group will help their goals‚ so that is why they do it (commit genocide). Genocide is something people do not like to talk about and genocides happen in every corner of the world‚ to every type of people. The numbers in the
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Vietnam Independence ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● a) What happened? The war started from 1959 to April 30‚ 1975 1858 to 1884 France invades Vietnam and makes Vietnam a colony. September 1940 Japan invades Vietnam. May 1941 Ho Chi Minh‚ also known as the leader of vietnam establishes the Viet Minh (League for the Independence of Vietnam). September 2‚ 1945 – Vietnam become Democratic Republic of Vietnam. May 7‚ 1954 The French suffer a decisive defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
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where some were sentenced to death or hanged or to a prison sentence that were around 10 years to life. Nazi Leader Adolf Hitler was never brought to trial because he committed suicide on April 30 1945‚ before the war had even ended. The idea of Ultranationalism played a huge role in the events leading up to and during the holocaust‚ Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party wanted world domination and wanted to be above every other country and by showing his power towards other people and other countries‚ he
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MODERN HISTORY STUDY NOTES NATIONAL STUDIES Germany 1918-1939 WEIMAR REPUBLIC: Revolution and The Birth of the Weimar Republic Emergence of the Democratic Republic and the Impact of the Treaty of Versailles THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND - Prior to World War II‚ Germany had a parliamentary system with two houses‚ but it was not a democracy. Only the lower house (The Reichstag) was elected by all German males over 25 years of age. The upper house (The Bundesrat) was appointed by the Kaiser. - The Kaiser
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dictator has the absolute power‚ people are urged by the government to be nationalist and loyal‚ there are no formal oppositions and there is weak democracy. Fascism usually combines the political philosophy of communalism‚ Syndicalism‚ Despotism‚ Ultranationalism‚ Militarism‚ anti-Anarchism‚ Capitalism of anti-Laissez-faire‚ anti-communism‚ anti-Liberalism. Fascism could be regard as an extreme form of Collectivism and anti-Individualism. As a result‚ people must be obedient and loyal in a community.
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Nationalization Law‚ Anti-Dummy Law‚ Board of Investment‚ etc.‚ work as barriers for development. There were times in our history when our leaders tried to amend these “barrier laws” and change our circle; however‚ as we always go back to the ultranationalism stance we have‚ we always stop the reconstruction of our economic development. Our economy has been always halfway to the development‚ impaired by the citizenship requirement in economic participation found in the Constitution and other subsisting
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