... . Nevertheless, due to Camus's nature as an existentialist philosopher as well as writer, the absence of such assessments would thus disqualify him from his particularly gripping sector of philosophy: Metaphysical inquiries and reflections upon Man's existentialist existence and experience. As for The Rebel's overall plot theme, it is remarkably the only of Camus's works to lack an actual literary theme through and through. Rather, it is a quasi ... this, on a path to which innumerable referential names of dubiously nominal importance are bestowed a more than appropriate level of intense...

• Word Count: 945
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate

Modern World History Joseph Stalin led the Socialist Soviet Union in the "Revolution from Above," a movement to centralize the government and transform society without popular participation . Because Stalin's radical goals were vicious for the populace to attain, his legitimacy was based on the credibility of his ideological authority . In protection of that conviction, Stalin was in constant fear of competitive initiative and philosophy. Stalin subjected society and culture to strict party surveillance ... and control, issuing pro-socialist, xenophobic propaganda, censoring literature, art, ...

• Word Count: 1533
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... rule. NEP brought with it a series of capitalist ideologies, completely against the party's views, and despite its early needs for it, as time passed by debates aroused on the future; Bukharin wanting to continue the NEP and Trotsky wanting to remove it. Such differing ideologies, created different pathways for the party playing a vital role, in the shaping of Russian history, and despite the ban on factionalism party debates continued to separate ... the party. Whilst it was kept under control be Lenin, his death, created ... ...

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... knowledge of political events of the time. Lothar Elsner also lived in the GDR and has a deep understanding of the period due to long-term research work preferential on the history of international migration and the foreigner policy in the 20th century and his work in the SED Rostock. The purpose of the book lto focus on themes that are rarely discussed - like the life of foreigners in the GDR-, and to deliver a more diverse view on the history of those years. The main limitation of ... this publication is that the documents concerning xenophobic aspects in the GDR do not include a lot ...

• Word Count: 1950
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... relations. In contrast, the conditions of economic coordination attached to the Marshall Plan of June 1947 were clearly designed to elicit Soviet response. Hence, the Truman Doctrine lacks significance as the cause of Cold War as it highlighted a point in history whereby Truman was still not willing to break ties with the Soviet Union and get involved in a direct confrontation. The importance of the Truman Doctrine in causing the Cold War also pales ... responsible for the start of the Cold War as despite the other factors contributing to the start of the Cold War, Soviet aggression sti...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... would not be recalled from the Western Front, the soldiers began to seek information on another political group that could provide help "the Bolsheviks. In a letter to the Central Executive Committee of Soviets, the soldiers ask for more information on the Bolsheviks, since they no longer find the empty promises of the Provisional Government worth their support. In a direct letter to Kerensky, the soldiers state their intentions of deserting the fronts by autumn, whether ... or not the order is given by their commanders, and implore Kerensky to end ... ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... studying American politics with an accurate glimpse of American ideology, misperception and thought in the first half of the twentieth century. Even though this book is a collection of lectures where there is obvious subjectivity, Kennan successfully displays an objective view on the topics he discusses in the lecture. Kennan's lecture gives the reader a panoramic view and solid background of American thinking about themselves and the rest of the world, with respect to events leading ... up to the conflict with the Soviets. As a result, Kennan ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

Modern World History Joseph Stalin led the Socialist Soviet Union in the "Revolution from Above," a movement to centralize the government and transform society without popular participation . Because Stalin's radical goals were vicious for the populace to attain, his legitimacy was based on the credibility of his ideological authority . In protection of that conviction, Stalin was in constant fear of competitive initiative and philosophy. Stalin subjected society and culture to strict party surveillance ... and control, issuing pro-socialist, xenophobic propaganda, censoring literature, art, ...

• Word Count: 1534
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... throw the blame merely on the decisions of Gorbachev. Were the capitalists right by labeling the Soviet System as unviable and had predicted its collapse due to economic contradictions, or was it the strongly oppressed population, demanding freedom of speech and freedom of markets? As many questions as we raise, the fact that Gorbachev turned out to be at the right position, in the right time, changing the course of history by crossing out the Communist ... Regime, still remains undeniable. Mikhail Sergeevich Gorbachev is a product of a system that does not encourage radical innovations...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

... the fundamental proposition, which forms the nucleus of the Communist Manifesto: that consequently the whole history of mankind (since the dissolution of primitive tribal society, holding land in common ownership) has been a history of class struggles, contests between exploiting and exploited, ruling and oppressed classes; that the history of these class struggles forms a series of evolutions in which, nowadays, a stage has been reached where the exploited and oppressed class-the proletariat-cannot attain its emancipation from the sway of the ... is perhaps the most problematic aspect ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... farm seems to turn into a Foucauldian panopticon where the animals display unwavering obedience, so much so that they have developed a sense of self-control for the sake of the oppressive rule of Napoleon. The latter, at this point of the narrative, starts avoiding public appearance and designates Squealer to the role of his representative. Interestingly, this does not reduce the power of his regime; on the contrary, the animals appear to be now submissive and even ... thankful for his rule over the farm.  Squealer's speeches of praise and gratitude where he would ... ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... in the broader context of patriarchal control of women by the "maternalization of the female body". And this might result in the primary association of women's identities and purposes with motherhood. In liberal discourse, a corresponding dualism between women and men justifies the attribution of different social status on the basis of gender. The separation between public and private normalizes the male preponderance in the public sphere of politic, the higher value placed on male workforce participation, and the controls placed on ... women's bodies by the ... ...

• Word Count: 1344
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• Grade Level: Graduate