The powers establishing hegemony over the society use an important part of the people known as intellectuals to impose their world-view. Each of these "enlightened people" happen to become supporters who defend the world-view legitimizing the hegemony order. ... Undoubtedly the most important topic of an investigation into a historical occurrence is its inception. ... At the heart of the Red Scare was the conscription law of May 18, 1917, which was put in place during World War I for the armed Forces to be able to conscript more Americans. ... The largest of the three, the Socialist Party of A...

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History Coursework 2, Question 1. ... By 1926, pre war production levels had only just been achieved after the huge damage to Russia's infrastructure inflicted by the First World War and the civil war. ... Dissatisfaction was building among those who fought the civil war for the reds. ... To conclude, the most important reason for industrialisation in the USSR was to ensure the survival of communism in its then form. ... Question 2. ...

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He would die before World War I. ... They have a world to win. ... Revolution Stalin played an important, but not vital, part in the revolution. ... The Bolsheviks won the civil war in 1920. ... Production of industrial machinery and farm equipment became more important, and production of cloth...

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Furthermore it will discuss the important issue of the European Union, and show how, depending on the country, and its success of democracy it has been given the opportunity to join the European Union, which proves to be a very important indicator as to who has succeeded and who has not. ... The list goes on, and with two world wars, the division of Europe, a world warped with ideological conflict during the cold war and political and economical pressures of the late 60's and 70's which had previously shattered complacency about stability and progress in the democratic world, now fai...

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His views on life and the social structure of his time revolutionized the way in which people think. ... His life contributed to the way people think today, and because of him people are more open to suggestion and are quicker to create ideas on political issues. ... So Marx chose as his dissertation a comparison between the 2 ancient Greek philosophers Democritus, and Epicurus. ... Finally, in capitalist society people are alienated from each other; that is, in a competitive society people are set against other people. ... Marx was determined to change the world: He spent considerable time...

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He saw that industrially and agriculturally Russia was at least a hundred years behind the rest of the Western world. ... Stalin's most important success was that the communists, with himself as the ruler, had complete control over Russia. ... There was only evidence that the standard of living would have gotten worse for Russians, they may have been destroyed by a war they were not equipped to fight in and this is why so many people saw Stalin's plans as genius rather than monstrosities; hard work and death as a necessary sacrifice for advancement. ... He condemned all people in ...

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