In this essay I will attempt to assess the reasons for the implementation of War Communism. ... This would explain Lenin's hasty interpretation of war communism, with which I started this essay. ... War communism led to a terrible famine throughout Russia, but Lenin started that he would rather the whole nation die oh hunger than allow free trade of grain. ... This represented the start of a change in strategy, leading up to the NEP. ... Some historians such as Peter Boettke have interpreted war communism as a series of short-term emergency measures to help the Bolsheviks keep Russ...

• Word Count: 2081
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this essay, I am going to assess the history of the Marxist theory, and also assess the contribution of this theory on the role of education in the Caribbean society. ... He wanted to start a process of nationalization of banks, transportation and the media and also improve working conditions through revolutionary labour legislations, and bettering health care as well as education. ... Bowles and Gintis also imply that the primary purpose of schools is to develop a willing and inferior labour force, which will go on to help generate profits for the bourgeoisie without questioning their cont...

• Word Count: 1463
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Russian Revolution This essay is about the November 1917 revolution, the events that led up to and contributed to the revolution and Lenin's role in the revolution. ... The causes of the Russian Revolution start with the problems, when the duma declared the provisional government it took into hands not only the country but its problems as well, because the government inherited the economic problems it put a great strain on the country's resources thus affecting its performance to run the country properly. ... When it came to the election in November 1917 the Bolsheviks did not get...

• Word Count: 1801
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout my essay, I will analyse Lenin's role in regards to the achievements attained by the Bolshevik's. By the start of 1917, the Tsarist rule was confronting intense issues, mainly due to his naive autocracy, "The fundamental cause of the Russian revolution was the incompatibility of the Tsarist state, with the demands of the modern state"1; the peasants were requesting land; the proletariat needed higher wages and better working conditions; the bourgeoisie needed political changes to make Russia a genuine majority ruled government; and each of the three classes wer...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It means that people on the mainland are starting to challenge authority, so that the party loses prestige, loses control. ... Oddly enough it is the Tiananmen Square movement that most clearly shows how these conditions help maintain China's dictatorship. ...

• Word Count: 1368
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this essay, I will first discuss the relevance of a reform that is pressed by the Chinese people. ... Hence CCP started to cleverly manipulate the nationalist sentiments of the Chinese people to serve its purpose of consolidating its rule. ...

• Word Count: 1912
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate