find difficult to sustain. According to Abercrombie and Warde (2000) the term ‘welfare state’ was invented‚ following the Second World War when Social policy was developing. During the Second World War‚ the coalition government headed by Winston Churchill‚ the conservative party torch bearer deliberately planned the creation of a better Britain than the one in which many people have lived in the poverty-stricken 1930s. Plans were drafted and policies were generated which were to ensure that‚ in
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The Study of Prior History Winston Churchill is reported to have said: “Those who fail to learn from history‚ are doomed to repeat it”. And yet since the beginning of time‚ from biblical and ancient history to the present‚ history seems to be repeating itself. Going back about 2000 years ago‚ the Romans did not learn from the Babylonians when they invaded the Hebrews and a few hundred years later the Persians did the same. In the last century‚ Nazi Germany did not learn from Napoleon Bonaparte
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United States and Great Britain. There leaders were Winston Churchill‚ Ronald Scobie and James van fleet. Winston Churchill who was the prime minister of
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1 Four freedoms January 6‚ 1941 freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ freedom from want‚ and freedom from fear of armed aggression. 1. The first is freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world. 2. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world. 3. The third is freedom from want -- which‚ translated into world terms‚ means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants --
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soldiers to their homeland made UK and Australia go into a conflicting argument. “As the victorious Japanese forces moved southwards‚ Curtins disputes with Churchill intensified; there were heated exchanges when Churchill sought to divert the Australian divisions returning from the Middle East to Burma.” (Australian War Memorial‚ 2013). Winston Churchill‚ the Prime Minister of Britain‚ insisted that the Australian military should be sent to Burma
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The Marshall Plan was aimed to help the reconstruction of the post-war European countries‚ and the countries that needed it. It was an economic and technical aid. 10% of the American GDP would go into the aid. As the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had once said‚ "It was the most unselfish act in history‚ and it was a stunning success." However‚ the Russian historians can argue that it was not the most unselfish act in history. Their reason was that if the countries wanted to receive the
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We learn from our mistakes and not from our success Do you remember the day that you lied or steal and got caught from your parents or teacher? However‚ it is not wrong to make a mistake if you learn not to do it again. Al Franken‚ the United States junior senator also stated “Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned that hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake which at least others can learn from.” I believe people
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The history of the 20th century can be defined by the biographies of six men: Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ Winston Churchill‚ Vladimir Lenin‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Mao Tse Tung‚ and Josef Stalin. Each of these men had a lasting significant involvement in world affairs. This essay will focus on the significance each individual had on the ideologies of Democracy and Totalitarianism. Four of the six individuals were leaders of a totalitarianistic state‚ and three of these led a communist country. Also four of
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The Gathering Storm by Winston Churchill War has always been a part of human life and the growth of every country in the world. It was either war between two or more countries or war within the country. Some countries fought to gain independence‚ some start a fight as a payback to the assassination of their heir throne‚ some fight to expand its power and some just fight because they are allies to a country at war. No matter what the reason of war is‚ war has left a great impact on how things are
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put that blame on the individual defendants instead of Germany as a whole. The Soviet Union blamed the defendants for murdering many people and for turning their land into desert. In 1943‚ the Soviet leader Josef Stalin said to Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt that 50‚000-10‚000 German commanders should be murdered (Scheffer). The French blamed the defendants for systematically plundering their country and for murdering and torturing tens of thousands of French people
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