... that must be argued to have contributed to the collapse of the European Empires was a new sense of nationalism in colonised territories. After World War II for example, with the defeat of the tyrannical and imperialistic enemy, Nazi Germany, nations like India gained a new outlook on their place within ... 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 gr...

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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 "were ... 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 ...

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... that led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Adolf Hitler. The shattering defeat experienced by Germany in WWI lead to the abdication of Kaiser Wilhelm II's monarchy in favour of a republic. These unstable political conditions were further worsened when the Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Weimar Republic, causing the majority of German citizens to ... 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 nat...

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