... already indigenous peoples living there with their own traditions and always having a sense of pride of their heritage. Perhaps the Second World War gave the nationalists the chance and the opportunity to build the foundations of an independent state free from imperial rule, and with the ... to the Dutch Empire, not willing to allow it. Not able to provide enough troops themselves, due to the impact of the Second World War, they looked upon their allies. The Australians occupied eastern Indonesia without struggle, however, the British encountered opposition from autonomous groups and an...

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... part of the British Parliament. Historians have, of course, studied this rapid decline but most have concentrated on the period during the First World War 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 ... labor, women's suffrage, and, of course, the Irish question sowed the seeds of the party's destruction. Others have looked at the First World War as the catalyst for Liberal doom, most notably in Trevor Wilson's influential work "The Downfall of the Liberal Party- published in 1967. Wilson...

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... , seems to me dangerous and problematical in the extreme." I believe Kennan accurately points out the shortcomings in American attitudes towards Asia and how that carried over to World War I, World War II and the Cold War. He points out that the American feeling at the time was that the problems that eventually lead to the World Wars were silly "jealousies" and at times ... any United States policy toward the Soviet Union must be that of a long term, patient but firm and vigilant containment of Russian expansive tendencies." He correctly indicates that waging war is not always the most e...

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... -century, American society seemed quite settled down for a while, but the government's power over the industrial economy was still limited that the progressivism of country was impossible. Starting of World War I in 1914 under Wilson's presidency even deepened the economy of American society, so as unemployment became an issue for the society, the nativism began to rise, and Congress started to ... of new laws. From 1900 to 1930 can be divided in two periods: 1900-1920 and 1920-1930. First part of early 20-century was very chaotic since the World War I began. Before the Great War, during...

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The Weimar Republic was a democratic government that came into power after the First World War. It is clear that this democratic government was destined to fail from the onset for several reasons. The Dolchstosselegende, failure to bring about fundamental socio-economic-judicial change, Ebert Groener ... counteract a right wing attack, their affect would not be as effective if as they were one strong unit. Historian Richard Evans states "[Germany] remained on a continued war footing: at war with itself, and at war with the rest of the world the language of politics was permeated with metapho...

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... causing massive fluctuations to the unstable economy, making it impossible to repay the Reparations Bill. Moreover, The Allies refused to grant Germany the time required to recover from the Great War, when the nation stated that it was not possible for them to complete the reparations by 1924. This caused great economic instability in Germany, rendering them unprepared to establish a democratic ... ...

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