Communism was a major unifying force after WW2. Discuss Russia’s spread of its communist regime throughout Europe led to it being a major unifying force but also the opposite. It created a union of states between other communist countries but also a fear within Western Europe. The spread of communism in Europe also affected the USA cause it to set up many organisations such as NATO and the Marshall plan to fight it. Although it unified, it also brought about separation, with the division of Germany and of Berlin.
It can be said that it seemed unlikely for Stalin to succeed Lenin as he was considered dull and humourless by other communists. In terms of leadership qualities, he was not an intellectual and was not an inspiring speaker. Whilst, Trotsky, on the other hand, was the only leading communist who could rival Lenin as a speaker and writer of Communist ideas. Trotsky was a great organiser and a great example of this was the way he organised the Red Army which allowed them to win the Russian Civil War. According to Lenin’s will, Trotsky appeared to the natural successor while Stalin was described as power hungry and should not be put into power.
Julie Pense English 101, sec DE 08/25/14 Rough draft V’s Prolixity In reading “V for Vendetta “by Alan Moore, I have come to an understanding that some of society see V as a terrorist and not for the good but in my opinion he is very mad and angry at society, the way it’s going with all the wrong and how the government is are treating its people. Which brings me to ask the question is “V” a terrorist or an anti- super hero to the people? The novel “V for Vendetta” has many different arguable points. One of “V” points would be, freedom or dictatorship. "V" has many complex and interesting sides to his character or shall we say archetype.
1. The US failed to win the hearts and minds of the South Vietnamese. They were fed up with a corrupt elitist government in Saigon and communism was offering them land reforms and control of their own destiny. The US were instead backing and supporting the corrupt government, thus they were part of the problem, not the solution. The US in fighting communism, was fighting the wrong enemy, they were arrogant and thought that they knew best.
This shows that politicians have no real values as they are constantly changing their views. The image of white shows that the 'weasel' is trying to appear innocent as white is a colour of purity. Ironically, the politicians have no real moral values and are merely seeking an easy way to win votes. Duffy here comments on the way that politics becomes a game of words and disguises instead of being a matter of honesty. The italicised actions of the group, using the phrase ‘Hear, hear’ and laughing, represent the House of Commons as an institution fundamentally based upon a small group of ‘vicious hunters’ who hide the truth and offer nothing but an empty egg, a kind of mirage with promise of something wholesome but holding nothing but emptiness.
Finally, Hobson partially blames the ineffectiveness of Imperialism on the British ideal of Anglo superiority, and the British misunderstanding of other cultures (Winks 11). Therefore, as argued by Hobson, British Imperialism of India was neither socially, nor politically, nor economically beneficial for Britain. The British elevated social tensions in India because the British misunderstood Indian culture, were constantly forced to over-expand the British Government, and spent endless amounts in an attempt to maintain order. To begin with, Britain’s Imperialism of India was not socially beneficial. The British were unsuccessful in establishing a working relationship with the Indian people, and, as a result, British Imperialism never reached its maximum potential.
This was the weakness of the league. Also Germany wasn’t a member due to the reason of creating WWI and USSR wasn’t a member too as they were communists. Other problem includes the truth that it was created as a part of Treaty of Versailles which indirectly meant that the league will be a serving favor of the big4. Due to these, member states were able to create chaos in the League where it already didn’t have any controls. Also the league wasn’t responsible enough to take care of all the problems in Europe as its powers were not so strong.
The main target of this allegory is Stalin, represented by Napoleon the pig. He represents the human frailties of any revolution. Orwell believed that although socialism is a good ideal, it could never be successfully adopted due to uncontrollable sins of human nature. For example, although Napoleon seems at first to be a good leader, he is eventually overcome by greed and soon becomes power-hungry. Of course Stalin did too in Russia, leaving the original equality of socialism behind, giving him all the power and living in luxury while the common pheasant suffered.
In general, many believe that Dada was not art, it was anti-art. For everything that art stood for, Dada was to represent the complete opposite. Where art suppose to have a meaning to it, Dada art was absolutely meaningless. During the first world war, Dada was a way to express the confusion that was felt by many people as their world was turned upside down. Lets take the most famous Dada artists Marcel Duchamp for example.
In contrast the Tsar weakened the Duma and a progressive bloc was formed. This suggests that the Tsar is vulnerable to revolution whereas the Communist rule is repressive and very few ever speak out against it. Economically the Civil War had the greatest impact in shaping the Russian Government policies. This is because War Communism was introduced and later fine tuned into the New Economic Policy. War Communism was radical and involved the militarisation of Labour which was disliked by the people and made people focus purely on the needs of the war.