The Reichstag Fire led to the Enabling Act because Hitler had managed to convince Hindenburg that it was a ‘communists uprising’. This manages Hitler to prove to Germany that communists were bad people and he would have get more votes, in the next elections. However, I also disagree with the statement ‘the Reichstag Fire more important than the Enabling Act in allowing Hitler to consolidate power’ because of other several reasons. Firstly, the Enabling Act made a Hitler a virtual dictator. Nobody could stop him, even Hindenburg.
Looking at repression, the problems they dealt with and how they solved them: the terrorist attacks and harsh punishments, reform groups and the black hundreds and finally the revolutionary ideas and closing of newspapers and trade unions. Then I will consider the reforms: poor, unhappy peasants and the abolishment of redemption payments and freeing of communes, underproductive agriculture and ‘The Peasant Land Bank’ and lastly the effect of the Duma. Overall I think that both the repressions and reforms had equal impact in stabilising Russia, but are also dependant on each other. Firstly, Repression, Russia had a terrorist problem during and following the 1905 revolution. In 1907, 1,200 government officials were murdered in political terrorist attacks by revolutionaries.
In Halberstam’s book, the reader can see that the changes were beneficial to some and frustrating to others. It can be clearly seen that as a result of how the governments used their military powers and economic powers, the citizens went through fear and established a sense of structure to dealing with nationwide threats. Russian competition pushed the U.S. toward improvements in technology, military, science, and education. These two superpowers both drove each other for improvement in many areas of
In 1941, the outbreak of Second World War started. The United States nation changed and went from peacetime to a time of conflict. So one can see that The Great Depression reached into every area of economic life, and thus into every area of social life as well for two main reasons. First, The Great Depression produced significant traditional values and goals. But most importantly, molded America into what we live in
In other words, “It’s better to do evil than to be evil.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German theologian important for his support of and his view of Christianity's role in a changing modern world. He was involved in a plot to overthrow the Furfur, Adolf Hitler. This led to him being put in prison and then executed. His “Letters and Papers from Prison,” published after his death in 1951, is perhaps the most philosophical document of his convictions. Bonhoeffer grew up in the University of Berlin, where his father, Karl Bonhoeffer, was a professor.
Another ideological method that was central to his success of emerging as the leader of the Soviet Union by 1929 was accusations of Trotskyism . This was due to Stalin defending himself by accusing Bukharin of Trotskyism because Trotsky had been the first to make the claim about bureaucracy . This can be viewed as a weakness of Trotsky because this accusation of Trotskyism attempts to show that Trotsky’s ideology was far from Leninist . This greatly caused decline in Trotsky’s support because many wanted a leader who was close to Lenin and followed Lenin . Therefore , this is one of Stalin’s strengths because he was
Discursive Writing In 1984, are Orwell's fears purely about Stalinist Russia? Within 1984 we see the epitome of a dystopian society that has clear analogies to the events which George Orwell experienced and witnessed throughout his life. Orwell manages to implicate his many fears into 1984 as a warning for the future, which may or may not come to pass. It is evident when reading 1984 that the Orwell's fears come from the many spontaneous occurrences that surround his timeline. Many critics of Orwell state that the main fear which surrounds this piece of literature is that of the ever growing fear of Stalinist Russia during the mid - 20th century, he is an author who despised the idea of totalitarianism and conformity in any shape or form ; such a communist society is presented clearly in 1984.
It was organized by the Nazi government in Germany as response to the Reichstag fire of the night of February 27. People involved in the trial were on one side the accused Bulgarians Georgi Dimitrov, Vasil Tanev and Blagoi Popov – all members of the
While Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy all had the same same Cold War intention of ending communism, their ways of achieving their goal were different.The Cold War was an angry dispute between the United States and the Soviet Union about whether we should spread or contain communism (Ayres 817). According to Edward Ayres in American Anthem: Reconstruction to the Present all three Presidents used some form of Economic Aid, how we help other countries financially; Military Aid, how we help other countries’ militaries; and finally, Military Use, how we utilise our military (Ayres 817). Their end goal was to completely contain, or confine communism(Truman).
Is it reasonable to blame the breakdown of East-West relations that ultimately led to the cold war, on one or two men, is this rational, but even so, what roles did Stalin and Truman play and where can the blame of this breakdown of alliance and international relations be placed on. Many can argue that in one sense the origins of this breakdown of trust can be traced back to the 1917 Bolshevik revolution which set up the Soviet system - an alternative model of political, economic and social organization which proclaimed itself an enemy of and more significantly, the successor of the capitalist system. Communism was initially viewed by capitalist governments with great suspicion and during the civil war in Russia 1918 several capitalist states aided anti-communist forces and even though they were unsuccessful Stalin was still weary of these capitalist states and believed they still hoped to destroy the USSR. (Lowe, 2008) In many ways Stalin’s paranoia had stemmed from the actions of these capitalist states and it was this paranoia that clouded his senses and led him to make decisions that made Western governments wary of Stalin and the USSR. Roosevelt was keen to encourage closer ties with the USSR and although many Americans were skeptical, Roosevelt worked hard to keep the peace between America and the USSR.