... the power of the veto. A realist would say that this is rational since, after all, the world is governed by power. Further, rationalist theory may also agree; one of Hedley Bull's famous "institutions of international security" was the role of the "Great Powers" - recognising that they have a special responsibility to maintain order owing to their advantageous position and unique ability to ... ...

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... . Through clever manipulation of the dispatch, making it sound humiliating towards Germany, thus increasing German antagonism against France, but also knowing that it would be "red rags to the Gallic Bull". Bismarck was correct in his assumptions and Napoleon III, in fury, declared war on Prussia on July 19th, 1870. Bismarck once again managed to secure neutrality of all major European ... ...

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... an even more bitter taste for everyone else other than Germans. Inflation forced the Weimer Republic to a currency reform in 1923 that caused a great depression leaving six million unemployed and a 39% drop in industrial production. An unwanted government, inflation, and depression were contributing factors to how easy it was for Hitler to come to power for the Holocaust to even happen ... ...

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... the way to expand its geographical presence to other European countries. In the spring of 1996, there were 8 direct banks in the banking industry, but in January 1998 there were 39 competitors entering the banking industry. Only about 1/3 of those banks will survive because large universal banks mostly dominate the banking industry in Germany. Advance Bank has a niche and a differentiated quality ... ...

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... were primarily concerned with the contents of artistic creation. (Hays 36) 5 Some of these creations that were of 'primary concern' were those of the knowledgeable philosophers Plato and Plotinus (Thompson 39). Once these great thinkers' works were translated, they became common place with the educational system of the time. "Leone Battista Albertie marks the turning point in combining humanist learning with ... ...

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... ; he also sent troops but no more than 10,000. He also provided an increasing amount of superior equipment, which in large part allowed the successful nationalist advances of 1938/39. This may have been the result of the weaknesses of the League of Nations, as the league failed to enforce the non-intervention policy. The league initially called for the ... ...

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... machines the range is from 72% in Sweden to 96% in Italy; for dishwashers, from 11%in the Netherlands to 34% in Germany; for clothes dryers, from 5% in Spain to 39% in Belgium; for microwave ovens, from 6% in Italy to 37% in Sweden; for vacuum cleaners, from 56%in Italy to 96%in Netherlands. It is remarkable that the same countries ... ...

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... style of government to bolster their propaganda. Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi party's propaganda expert, promoted the Nazi idea of nationalism as being "The Common Interest Before Self-Interest." (Remak 38,39) This catch phrase was used in Nazi propaganda many times to tap into those who felt "stabbed in the back" by the old, self-serving government. A popular societal belief in ... ...

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... states, ranging from tiny city states to large and powerful kingdoms such as Prussia and Austria. Although under Napoleon the number of states was significantly reduced from over 390 to 39, most German people still felt it illogical and impractical to have a common people scattered and restricted in so many states. They longed for a sense of national identity and pride, and ... ...

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