This had a significant impact on the economy, in that the industrial strength of nations was rapidly growing, and producing new military products that the world had never seen before. ... Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini used the concept of nationalism to their benefit, even before their leadership. ... He used the media to his advantage, as the German public were told only what Hitler wanted them to hear. ... Our society should note the failures of Hitler and Mussolini, and take into account the many hardships that were present long after these ultra-nationalistic leaders were gone. .....

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This theory eventually fostered the notion that aggression and war were not wrong or evil; on the contrary, these destructive characteristics of mankind were indeed natural and even necessary. ... The new philosophies which evolved from Darwin's theories were decidedly secular, not unlike Darwin's theory itself. ... Although these ideas were rather extreme, they did foster a sense of nationalism based on the idea of the superiority of a race. ... When Kaiser Wilhelm II came to power in 1888, however, the idea held by many in his country, which involved a Germany destined to be a ...

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McCumber stated, "We need a fair treaty to prevent future wars as horrible as the Great War was. ... We cannot have another war as horrible as this one. ... Senators should cease to turn their eyes to the past and should turn them to the future, and see what we have before us The late war cost seven million lives, and millions more of cripples. ... Without these three world superpowers, the League's actions were futile. ... The full realization of the fourteen points would end up with a world with sparse armament, free trade, open communications, independent territories, balanced debt, a...

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Harding defeated Wilson and promised to return to a state of "normalcy" which existed before the war (The National Experience). ... Thus immigration within the US would once again increase dramatically as it did before the war. ... However, by the 1920s, there were growing fears by the American public that these new immigrants were a threat to their American values because they were taking away jobs from American citizens since they were a cheap source of labor and their cultures were inferior to that of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants. Also, people were also concerned with the pol...

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Moreover, in his later poems like "The Silent One," Gurney evinces sentiment and concern for the untold truths of the war, which when we look at his biography and broken poetry, suggests how the war tormented him; leaving his mind and memory fragmented up until his death (Greenblatt 2028). ... However his studies were quickly halted by the outbreak of World War I. ... However, even before the war, Gurney suffered a mental breakdown in 1913, and had several difficulties focusing on his work while in college (10). ... With this, it can only be assumed that before enlisting, Gurney was ...

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Groups of militant nationalists seized Fiume, a port city on the Adriatic, and held it for a year before being disbanded by the Italian army. ... Italy had long-standing problems that were made worse by the war. ... Governments were often seen as corrupt, indecisive, and defeatist. ... Members of the fasci were young idealists, fanatical nationalists. ... In each corporation were representatives of trade unions, whose members were organized by the Fascist party, the employers, and the government. ...

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By 1912 times were good for most Americans. Farmers were enjoying their most prosperous period in living memory, the cost of living rose slightly, unemployment was lower than it had been for several years, and working conditions were improving. ... Our laws are still meant for business done, by individuals that have not been satisfactorily adjusted to business done by great combinations and we have got to adjust them, 2in that big business was unjust and somebody needed to watch out for the people, and Wilson was just the man to do that. ... He persuaded Congress to repeal the Panama Tolls Act...

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