... Second World War and arguably the First World War, the rise of the US and other such factors. By analysing these factors, a clear and concise argument shall be given as to why these empires collapsed in such a short amount of time. One factor that must be argued to have contributed ... of nationalism and self-governance.2 A significant part of the French Empire which was lost due to nationalism was Indochina, established in 1887. With a history of emerging nationalism in Vietnam where French rule was not desired, the French had to remove three Emperors from 1885 to 1917 and this did not ...

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... or even before. (I'll mention only a couple because of time constraints) George Dangerfield wrote the first major study of Liberal decline in the 1930s in "The Strange Death of Liberal England,"" arguing that a series of domestic crises regarding organized labor, women's suffrage, and, of course, the Irish question sowed the seeds of the party's destruction. Others have looked at the First ... ...

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