Our Government, The Way it should be or the way it has to be? ... Lao Tzu's ideal government is vulnerable in war. In his government, Lao Tzu simply doesn't believe in armed forces. ... Gradually, as time passes by, we develop more advanced hunting weapons and techniques, a set of language to communicate more efficiently, and clothing for comfort, warmth, and protection. ... Moreover, Lao Tzu's government will not prosper. ...

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In Britain, the government released DORA - the Defence of the Realm Act, which granted the government wide powers including the control of railways and shipping. ... The Ministry of Munitions, as established by the British government in 1915, assumed control over industry in order to do so. ... Extending its powers far beyond munitions factories, the Ministry set standards for employee health and welfare, pressured key manufacturers to assist in the production of armaments, ended strikes through promises of arbitration, and extended daytime working hours by introducing daylight saving in May ...

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Chief of these were the monies paid by Germany to the victors of the war, initially set at five billion dollars per year up until 1921. ... Not only could the people choose their own government, but they also had a vote in who led that government. ... Germany had only ever experienced Imperialism and this government was considered to be radical It was the first government ever to give the people a choice. ... However coalitions had started to form, this made the government basically weak. ... For example the Sparticast uprising was due to communists who wanted to overthrow the Weimer regi...

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After the defeat of the Nazis, most countries returned to their pre-war governments, such as Belgium, Holland, Denmark, and Norway. ... MacArthur and his political advisers drew up a constitution for a new government. It changed the government to a constitutional monarchy, leaving the divine emperor of Japan with no power. ... A two house parliament was set up. ... These new governments helped stop new fascist leaders from rising and taking over and returning those countries to war....

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In 1915 the Young Turk government proceeded with its plan to exterminate the Armenians. ... All across the empire orders issued by the government required Armenian men to appear at designated government offices on a certain date. ... They set their prison on fire and died within its flames. ... Once Armenian society was completely paralyzed, the government issued the deportation edicts. ... Thousands upon thousands were set upon the roads, forced to abandon homes and belongings. ...

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On January 22, 1917, the German government gave notice that unrestricted submarine warfare would be resumed. ... Immediately, the government set about mobilizing its military resources, industry, labor and agriculture. ... In fact before war broke out in 1914 government leaders and business leaders devoted much effort to development international peace among nations to avoid outbreak of war and with the events that unfolded in 1914 all of that hard work and dedication seemed to vanish overnight. ... The German government believed that this blockade would starve Great Britain and force a serren...

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Governments started to borrow money so that they can help this to happen. ... ( 2 ) They go back to the gold standard - the pound will once again be set at a certain rate to the dollar, which is linked to the value of gold overall. We think we are stronger than we actually are and set it too high at 4 dollars 86 cents. ... Macdonald the labour government falls - becomes national government instead with ramsey still as prime minister. ... At the same time the national government cut public spending by 10 percent including unemployment benefit. ...

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Governments were often seen as corrupt, indecisive, and defeatist. ... The parliamentary government that was set up after the war failed to ease these dire conditions, and Italians wanted radical reforms. ... They attacked socialists, often physically, and succeeded in taking over some local governments. ... Without firing a shot the Black Shirts had gained control of the Italian government. ... He then moved to close down parliamentary government and other parties entirely. ...

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Asquith's followers become known as Independent Liberals and Lloyd George's Coalition Liberals and then in 1922 as National Liberals "as Lloyd George sets up a rival organization. ... Lloyd George and Bonar Law ran a very nationalistic campaign and distributed a letter to specific Liberals and Conservatives, endorsing the recipients as official government candidates. ... The reunited Liberals did quite well in the election of 1923, and the results brought about Britain's first Labour Government. The election actually produced three political parties that were roughly e...

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Once a new government was established it was already set to fail. Coming in with a whole new set of rules, a republic that was not popular to begin with. ... It did not help that the government was often in paralyzing standstills and could not get a whole lot done. ... With the help of the United States government, the German economy started to stabilize. ... As stated earlier, the judicial system was unchanged during the Weimar Republic's take over of the government. ...

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This set the wheels turning that started the first World War. ... The same day of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination the Austrian government retaliated by declaring war on Serbia. ... The American government campaigned to tell the public that entering the war was good. ...

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Economic suffering had made people demand governments to take strong measures to stop further economic decline. ... Governments that failed to fight the depression caused domestic politics to become chaotic. ... Most governments implemented new taxes to help pay for the desperately needed welfare services. In America under the New Deal program, The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was set up. The CCC was set up to aid unmarried men by suppling them with jobs. ...

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The maneuvering of the Austrian government during the crisis compels me to place a large portion of the blame on Austria-Hungary for the outbreak of WW I. ... While Serbia was home to the Black Hand terrorist group responsible for the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, there was never a precise official relationship established between that militant group and the Serbian government. ... ssumed the posture of war on behalf of Serbia while the Serbian government sought diplomatic solutions to the tensions. ... Likewise, if the Kaiser set his sights on France, Russia could mobilize in ret...

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People were being killed and terrorised in the name of "government intervention.... Woodrow Wilson followed protocol set out by George Washington that told us not to get involved with World War I. ... But as a result of seemingly giving everything up, the Germans got a new form of government established. ... The United States was able to rid Iraq of Saddam Hussein, and they were also able to set up a "working" democracy. ... Both were entered in retaliation of attacks on American assets, also due to humanitarian reasons, and create a stable and democratic government in war torn ...

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On their last legs and desperate for help the government pursued the support of the social democrats. ... In order to make needed changes, civilians were set on creating a better Germany, indeed were the government. ... When we review other revolutions that had occurred before that time, revolutions involved complete changes in political systems, a new state, new ideas (generally not liked by the government) and a fast change altogether. ... The essential framework of Germany had to remain simply to keep peace with the armed forces, the old ruling elites stayed in power, which by it self ...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... The continuing failures of the Prov...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... The continuing failures of the Prov...

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The governments within Italy were not only giving the appearance of being weak but they were actually weak within themselves. ... This led to an overall indecisiveness of the government and a quickly vulnerable ideology that was extremely unpopular with the common citizen. ... When a man cannot earn a living simply because there is nothing he can do no matter how willing he quickly turns on the government for help. ... Now at this time, Mussolini, seeing the situation he found his homeland in and the weakened state of the current government, grabbed at his Fortuna when he could. He founded ...

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Nineteen forty-five set the end of World War II. ... At the same time, wages rose all across the board while the government spent almost ten times more than previously for war efforts. ... The huge amount of government spending had led to high levels of federal taxation, and this feature, largely in income tax, still remains today, making it quite a significant change. ...

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The Russian government is also to blame because of their rejection of Greek troops when the Greek government offered them. ... He never set up proper logistics or communication staff for the operation. ...

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The radio stations suspended their shows and activities during World War One, as the radio industry was taken over by the government. Radio in the U.S. had become a government monopoly, reserved for the war effort. ... Immediately following World War One, the Navy Department attempted to gain a complete government control over all radio communication. ... America is a society where everyone owns at least one television set, and is the most used appliance in households where watching it daily has become routine. ... While, the children are glued to the set parents relax and enjoy themselv...

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Dulce Et Decorum Est is a poem written by Wilfred Owen set during world war 1 written in 1917, and talks about the trials and hardships that soldiers went through. ... Wilfred Owen aims the poem at the government of the time criticising their decisions and for perpetuating the attitude that it is heroic to fight as a soldier in war and honourable to die for the cause. ... Owen aims the poem at an older audience and the government that were punishing these men to go to war when they didn't know the circumstances; physical and emotional effects that war had on these soldiers. ... He targets...

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Another happening trend for higher-class citizens were the radios and wireless sets. ... The domino theory threatened the Australian government, as the trend of socialist theories quickly spread. ... The Australian government and industry leaders were threatened by the speed and size of the pro-Communist views among the workforce. In an attempt to strike back at the Communist movement the government released numerous propaganda channels. ...

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This truly was a "debased" Government. ... The people were getting incredibly angry with their Governments and system. ... He believed that wealth must be increased and people unified in compromise for Liberalism to survive, so he set about achieving this. ... Radicals seized Government buildings and two areas declared themselves republics. ... Government troops suppressed the unrest in a week. ...

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Hitler had first set off to Vienna to study art; by the time he had left he had learned the ideas of racial hatred, specifically against the Jews, personal neurosis, and saw the flaws in the German government because of the presence of Jews and Slavs. ... He starts by trying to take over the current government in Germany. The Germany government made a big mistake when they decided to resume payments for their war debts. ... This book set out all of Hitler's ideas and strategies that he planned to go through with once out of jail. ... Hitler organized the Nazi party so that it was ...

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