1. The Prospectives Of World War I
Benito starts to take over Rome and anybody who goes against his rule is at least beaten; he is to become the Totalitarian leader of Italy. ... Back at home their mother still does not like the publicity in her life and the life her family is leading; she just wanted a normal family life. ... Hitler comes to meet Mussolini on June 14, 1934 in Venice; at first they do not like each other because Mussolini made Hitler walk to him and Hitler looked astonished. ... In September of 1937 Mussolini goes to visit Hitler and they become friends; Hitler is now more powerful then Mussolini. ... Victo...
The ape goes into a cooperative anyhow, and simply takes what he wants. ... First opportunity I"m going to head right back there" (179). ... This can be understood as either the government is going to fight back against revolution, or it is going to give in. ... The text says that the boy has always dreamed of having an ape like the one who has come into his yard. ... The very humorous and satirical point comes when the sa...
They did not have any choice when it comes to a political party because only the Nazis were present. Rule of Law was also rejected because even when suspected of going against the Nazis the secret police had the right to execute them. ... Mussolini Mussolini wanted to go back to the times when Italy was a glorious empire so in 1922 with the help of his Black Shirts, he gained political power and named himself Il Duce by marching in thousands to demand power. ... He acted as the emperor of Italy and wanted to go back to the Roman Empire. ...
Mussolini and Italian Fascists identified their ideology as being connected to the Roman Empire and Julius Caesar, who was idolised by Italian Fascists.3 They viewed the modern state of Italy as the heir of the Roman Empire and accentuated the need for renovation of Italian culture to 'return to Roman values' because Italian Fascists identified the Roman Empire as an ideal organic and stable society in contrast with contemporary individualistic liberal societies, which they saw as symbolic.4 Whereas German Fascism ideology could not look back at a time of great domination to aspire ...
A Review on Mother Night Based on Vonnegut's novel, Mother Night is the ironic story of Howard W. Campbell, the "Last Free American". Campbell is an American-born playwright who has made his life in pre-war Germany. He is a devoted husband to his wife and famous German actress, Helga. He's a r...
"Lord of the Flies," by William Golding is an example of a political allegory. Golding uses Jack and Ralph as metaphors for two conflicting types of government. Jack represents totalitarianism and Ralph represents Democracy. Golding chose his medium, a group of young boys stranded on a deserted isla...
His reasons to support the Axis Powers as well as encourage the Arab revolt in the Palestine all eventually lead back to the ultimate weakening of Great Britain. ... He felt his troops were strong enough to fight against the British, and assured Hitler that his preparations were still going. ... One can see in hindsight that neither the Italians nor the Germans were very faithful to their verbal agreement at the time; while he was friendly to the British behind the Germans' backs, mistakenly assumed that Hitler would warn Italy in enough time before the Austrian invasion. ... Later in M...
As it became evident that the policy of appeasement had failed in 1939 and that Britain would in fact go to war, the Liberal Leader Sir Archibald Sinclair expressed his feelings on the achievements of appeasement We have eaten dirt in vain This statement is clearly expressing the fact that Britain has tolerated the deceitful acts of Germany to no avail or successes. ... Hitler Reckoned that by the time those who were in a position to take any action were back at work it would all be over. ... Continuing with this view lord Lothian sated they are only going into there own back garden. ...
His father insisted that they not sell the business because he felt there was no reason to fear the Nazis because they would not come as far as Sighet. ... The town was in shock, no one thought it would go this far and it did. ... Passover is supposed to be a time of prayer, food, drink, and singing for seven days of happiness, but how much happiness could come from this event knowing that the Nazis were preparing them for deportation to concentration camps where they would be enslaved with work and little food. ... He felt that if he was going to die it would not be at the hands of the...
Some leaders change the lives of people drastically and go down in history, whereas other leaders cause little change and fade into history and are forgotten forever. ... Hitler's role in his regiment was a dispatch runner, which were soldiers who ran messages back and forth to the command staff. ... This book set out all of Hitler's ideas and strategies that he planned to go through with once out of jail. ... Mien Kamph was a blueprint to Hitler's actions that were to come, his plan to knock down democracy. ... He used the idea of a single enemy to encourage his people to g...
The overwhelming majority of states go further than this in redistributing some of the nation's wealth to ease the lives of the poorer members of their society. ... The difference comes with the West's general liberal stance which prioritises the rights of the individual over the collective good – a societal attitude that has developed over centuries and has been shared with nearby countries via our interactions with them over the years. ... Lipset's definition, however, comes into conflict when considering the international relations of political states. ... This paternal...
On the night of 17 July 1936, the Spanish army, inspired most of all by General Franco, started the Spanish Civil War by rebelling against the Second Republic. A central goal of the rebels was the destruction of left-wing organisations. Franco's fellow officer, General Queipo de Llano, instructed hi...
The French Front National (or FN) has been, and currently is, the most successful extreme right-wing party in post World War Two Europe. Indeed, not since Nazi Germany has such an extremist party gained mass support, or caused other political rivals such concern over it's success in e...
The burning of the Reichstag on February 27 1933, which was seen as an insult to the government, was followed the day after by the Reichstag Fire decree limiting the expression of the people, allowing the imprisonment of those who were considered as opponents to the Nazis and increasing the censure of any publication going against the Party. ... However, the document presents limitations as it's only an extract from a letter, so we can't know what comes before and after. ... In addition to that, a big censorship was enforced, banning any article going against the Nazi Party. ...
Politics, art, and utopia in French anarchism and Italian futurism 1890-1920 In Paroles d'un revolte, Peter Kropotkin outlined a new vision for the arts as part of his anarchist philosophy, asserting that "the arts have a mission to accomplish for the achievement of the future society... Depict for us in your vivid style or in your fervent paintings the titanic struggle of the people against their oppressors; inflame young hearts with the beautiful breath of revolution which inspired our anarchism"1. This sentiment marks the beginning of a struggle commenced by the anarchists and brou...