World War One is not often seen to most people as a battle between democracy and autocracy. ... Mussolini and the Fascists Of all the popular movements in Europe's changing political mesh one figure stands out in one country in particular, Benito Mussolini. ... So, the question is now, how could this one man and his political party (the Fascists) become so unbelievably popular within Italy in a post World War One era? ... This is important because it relays the message again the appearing to be what the people want is a critical factor in popular opinion and accomplishing goals. ... In c...

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This led to the rapid expansion of a largely unsophisticated literary public, the rise of the popular press, and the mass production of 'popular' literature for a semi-literate 'lowbrow' readership. ... The twentieth century has seen more and more of this broadening of artistic trends, extending into the other cultural forms of radio, television, cinema and popular music. ... However, this tendency has been balanced by other writers who have made use of popular forms in order to communicate with a wider audience. A tension in writing between the popular and the esoteric,...

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His popularity through the Rough riders gave him enough popular strength to become the candidate for Governor of New York, and he won by a landslide. ... Roosevelt would go on to file suit against more than 40 major corporations during his presidency, even though he lost most cases. ...

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His popularity through the Rough riders gave him enough popular strength to become the candidate for Governor of New York, and he won by a landslide. ... Roosevelt would go on to file suit against more than 40 major corporations during his presidency, even though he lost most cases. ...

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However, when most people think of diners, other things such as the food, the business or the employees take precedent over its architecture. ... Diners were getting larger and more popular everywhere in the country. ... Although the 50s saw a try at new designs for diners, most were either being copied or slightly modified enough to make a simple change, but not enough to go along with the changing times the post-war America brought to the table. ...

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In one of his most famous works, "plato told," Cummings cites other famous historical figures who have warned against war, but ironically, he paves his way in becoming an icon himself through his protest. ... This mystery soldier is the one who ignores the forewarnings prompted by the most respected philosophers of our time, and although he knows that war leads to carnage, continues to fight until an opposing bullet kills him. ... Despite popular belief of the United State's post-World War One nationalism, soldiers didn't live a picturesque, glorious life. ... Most importantly, th...

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The idea of conscription was not popular at all in the French colonies. ... Algerians were the most common of all African nations to be found fighting in Western Europe. ... As in French Black Africa conscription was a key factor in getting most of these men to fight in Europe. ... Its defenses were limited to 568 men, most of which were local black men. ... He spent most of the four years on the move with attacking the Allies where they least expected it. ...

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The German Nazi or National Socialist political party was the platform used by Adolf Hitler to create a dictatorship that would, in one decade cause the German people enormous misery and shame. This fanatical political system was to gain popularity in the Old German Empire that was defeated in Wo...

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In the three-way election he received only 42 percent of the popular vote but an overwhelming electoral vote. ... France was forced to give up most of Alsace and Lorraine, pay a large indemnity, and accept a German army of occupation. The Versailles Treaty of 1919 is the most famous of the treaties because it was the chief one ending World War I. ... In 1935, Adolf Hitler unilaterally abrogated most of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Paris was one of the most important treaties signed at or near Paris. ...

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For most of the war, soldiers experienced two main phases: extreme boredom in the back trenches and tremendous fear in the front line(Hatt 20). ... (Fussell 73) Such extremes led to one of the most stressful environments one can ever encounter and, as described much later by the Holmes and Rahe theory, when stress builds up, people are likely to break down. ... There was a breaking point for most people, for everybody really. ...

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By 1912 times were good for most Americans. Farmers were enjoying their most prosperous period in living memory, the cost of living rose slightly, unemployment was lower than it had been for several years, and working conditions were improving. ... This was one of the most notable domestic achievements of the Wilson administration that modernized the nations banking and currency systems, laying the basis for federal management of the economy and providing the legal basis for an effective national banking system. ... Wilson dismissed traditional American political isolationism, making America a...

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Most importantly, Rosa Luxemburg and fellow Spartacist Communist leader Karl Liebknecht were murdered, stripping the communists of their leaders. ... They felt it was too harsh, that it was a forceful 'dictated' peace, and most importantly, they felt they had not lost the war, and so did not deserve such severe punishment. ... Firstly, the Munich Beer-Hall Putsch launched Hitler and the Nazi's on to the National political scene, in one of the most successful acts of propaganda he could have wished for. ...

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Italy received most of the Austrian territories it demanded, but many maintained that these were inadequate rewards for their sacrifices. ... Inflation and unemployment were perhaps the most destructive effects of the war. ... The movement grew increasingly radical: in 1920, the socialist and anarchist workers seized scores of factories, most in the metallurgy sector, and tried to run them for the benefit of the workers themselves. ...

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The use of gassing in combat became popular during World War I. ... Most people would expect World War I to bring about massive change for the better and break down social, emotional, and political barriers, it did not. ...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. Some of these reasons are just, however many of them are not. There are many movies made illustrating many different aspects of American wars, good and bad. The American Revolution was mainly a politica...

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