In Stalin's Russia, his regime of totalitarianism controlled every aspect of Russian society. ... In fact, no Russian citizen could leave the country without special government permission. ... His metaphor shows how the new German government took control of every aspect of German society, similar to Stalin's regime in Russia. ... The government created the National Labor Front, which banned strikes and placed smaller Fuhrers in charge of factories. ... In Russia, Stalin's Five Year Plans created temporary discomfort among the Russian people. ...

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Considered an act of using violence against people to inculcate fear or intimidate a government or the civilian population. ... The word terrorism was first used in France to describe a new system of government adopted during the French Revolution (1789-1799). ... It wasn't until the late 19th century that the word gained wider popularity when it was used by a group of Russian revolutionaries. ...

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Although the majority of his followers shared his dislike of the Weimar Republic's liberal democracy and anti-Semitic agenda, his party support, due to it's small size, was limited to the Bavarian region of German, this would prove to be a limiting factor when Hitler attempted to seize control of the provincial Bavarian government during his Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923. ... The Nazi Leader's prominence grew even further amongst the middle class, big businesses and the Army until Hitler finally secured a shared government between the Nazis and the Nationalists" and on Janua...

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However, others saw Hitler as having complete control over all aspects of Nazi government and did in fact set up a social Darwinist bureaucracy which was driven to implement his world view. ... In addition, the lack of strong rule by Hitler contributed to the increasing radicalization of the regime as the conflicting and competing agencies of government sought to interpret and implement the Fuhrer's will. ... Structuralist historians argue that Hitler's weaknesses and his inability or unwillingness to impose his authority and establish a rigid, well defined system of government made ...

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Countries, who's governments belong to free enterprise, have world's leading economic structures and are the wealthiest. Now historical analysis shows, that nations tend to switch between types of governments. ... The first step of a government's shift towards socialism is taking all means of production away from general ownership by people in its own hands, either by direct use of force or by assigning of labor unions to itself. ... Something will always be wrong and if officials fix what's wrong, people will find something else because there are just too many people who h...

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His opposition party having been eliminated in that way, his next challenge was to undermine the central government of Germany. ... In that way, the central government had begun to be undermined by his accusations that they were being controlled either by the Soviet Union, or by the Jews. ... Whether or not the groups cited by Hitler actually felt that way about the central government, however, is highly doubtful. But this was neither the first time, nor the last time, that Hitler would make direct references to Jewish control over governments. ... By equating the Jew with the government,...

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This was a large groups of "moderate" Marxists that pushed for socialist reforms but not the great changes of property and wealth management that the Bolsheviks of Russia had worked towards. ... This great political instability had greatly hindered the effectiveness the Weimar Republic's government. ... Many still had great feelings for nationalism, militarism, and the undeniably benefits of authoritarian government. ... The right were severely hostile towards parliamentary democracy and many radicals entered elections hoping to sabotage the government. ... They began voting fo...

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In the aftermath of World War 1, lay a mutual understanding between the British government and society that never again should a catastrophe such as World War 1 occur, it was described as the war to end all wars reinforcing the view that it was a cataclysmic event which should never be re-enacted upon society. ... Therefore the British government sought to follow a policy of appeasement. ... Looking on with hindsight many historians have condemned the actions of Chamberlain and his government. ... It was essentially a divided nation fascism v democracy The Spanish civil war was init...

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The war was fought between two rival alliances: the Allies (France, United Kingdom, Russian empire) against the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary). ... There were many reasons governments and individuals viewed participation in WWI as necessary, and two of the most significant of these reasons include propaganda and peer pressure. ... The government was aiming to make the war seem like something of an escapade, and something positive to be a part of. The government was hiding the real truths of the war to the younger generation, and instead used propaganda to make the war seem like a...

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The question of can music be political has been greatly debated over the past century, however, the works that have been debated the most are those from nazi Germany and Soviet Russia for there links with the social "cleansing" at the time in both societies. ... Lenin wrote these lines in February 1921 following the end of the Russian revolution. ... This obtained a satisfactory effect for that particular audience, but was never completely successful as the music was composed against a set of conditions, and few works provoked any interest beyond the boundaries of Russia, unlike before the ...

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Garraty suggested similarities between the two systems were: having a strong leader, an ideology stressing the nation, the people, the land, the state control of economic and social affairs, and the quality and quantity of government propaganda. ... Though The Hall of People in Berlin, the construction and expansion of roads and thoroughfares, and the implementation of state measures to control hygiene and traffic, militaristic planning of cities are evident of attempts for Haussmanesque transformations and plans of war, the Fascists in Germany, Italy, and Russia were unable to fully execute ...

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However, it was not only Germany, for the rest of Europe, recognising the growing threat of Germany and its aggressive foreign policy also began to take steps towards militarising their countries, the British budget for armaments more than doubled in the years running up to the war despite their championing of appeasement, and, one of the main incentives for Russia in the Nazi-soviet pact was that it would afford her time to reorganise her military. ... Consequently, on the first sign of a problem the new democratic government of Germany hit serious difficulties. ...

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Introduction The field of transitional justice was practically nonexistent prior to the end of the Second World War. Mass atrocities had taken place on the world stage with almost no consequences being brought upon the perpetrators, and more importantly the orchestrators or those "most responsible"...

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