World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. ... He indicated that "not all imperialistic policies were inspired by direct economic interests." ... Therefore, in all belligerent states the war was unanimously accepted. ... The author concluded his work admitting that, in a different time, a historian will see causes from a different perspective. The following historians wrote in different decades and approached the causes of WWI from...

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Across the country, strolling visitors marveled a few years ago at all the silken saris and bright turbans of the Festival of India (SMITHSONIAN, June 1985) and, even more, at the exotic world they evoke: the bejeweled splendor of the Mogul courts; dusty, teeming streets; and all the dilemmas confronting the imperial British as they sought to bring Western ideas of order to one of the wildest and most complex lands on Earth. Behind all the glamour and the glory, however, lies one of history's mischievous ironies. ... Upon arrival, they found the Dutch far from eager to share their prof...

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Only second behind Britain, this Empire was still at its greatest extent by 1945 but, by 1962 it had lost all its major territories with nationalism emerging throughout this period. ... Conveniently, the President of the Union was elected by the French Parliament only and there was no representatives or associates from the states or protectorates. ... With a history of emerging nationalism in Vietnam where French rule was not desired, the French had to remove three Emperors from 1885 to 1917 and this did not solve their problem. ... While it can be considered that this perhaps was an unwise mo...

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What was achieved initially, benefited urban audiences and has been constrained by problems of manpower, the replacement of equipment and equipment spares, created by inadequate funding and other problems arising from the country's general economic difficulties. ... Source materials for this study are from textbooks, newspapers, journals, magazines, government reports and interviews with people connected with the Northern Rhodesia Broadcasting Corporation (NRBC), Zambia Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Zambia Broadcasting Services (ZBS) and the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNB...

• Word Count: 8649
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