... that neither the army nor the Kaiser was to be blamed for the WWI defeat. The myth undermined the faith that many Germans had in the new republic and was used to attack the new democracy that lacked the moral support of the German citizens. This lack of public support can be further attributed to the dramatic change from the stable autocratic ... to support the nation's structural shift into a democracy. This therefore shows how the negative, nationalistic attitudes expressed toward the inherently unstable democracy had a significant impact on the collapse of the new government. Further...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... fourth wave of democratization show- as named by Mcfaul (2002), outcomes differ from state to state and today not all qualify as full or partial poliarchies. Given this new phenomena, a vast number of new research is conducted on these countries to determine what the reasons are for different outcomes of democratization. This paper provides a comparative analysis of the democratic performance of three ... extraordinary spying and corruption scandal. (Freedom House, 2014) Until persistence of corruption continues to show in the high levels of government, changes cannot be expected at loc...

• Word Count: 2022
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... to the GDR. Another precondition for cooperation was that both states had similar socialistic relations of production and politics. For Vietnam the main area of interest laid in creating new jobs and obtaining new sources for its own national budget. While in the European CMEA-states many workmen were needed, Vietnam had a huge ''available'' labour reserve. Minor economic growth and the rising ... a critical focus on the aspect of hostility to foreigners. It contains several chapters on anti-foreignism and devotes an extra chapter to the GDR. Its major value lies in giving new perspecti...

• Word Count: 1950
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... the developed ideology that "Hitler has come from the sky to kindle ancient Nuremberg with primal Teutonic fire, to liberate the energy and spirit of the German people through a dynamic new movement with roots deep in their racial consciousness" (Propaganda As Vision: Triumph of the Will, 2003). Within the film the use of the traditional propaganda technique "appeal to authority" is ... ...

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... to the Huns assumed in their turn the spirit of conquest; the endless column of barbarians pressed on the Roman Empire with accumulated weight and, if the foremost were destroyed, new assailants instantly replenished the vacant space. Such formidable emigrations can no longer issue from the North; and the long repose, which has been imputed to the decrease of population, is ... nature is changed, will relapse into their original barbarism. "Since the first discovery of the arts, war, commerce, and religious zeal have diffused, among the savages of the Old and New World, those inestimabl...

• Word Count: 2009
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• Grade Level: Graduate

... of achieving German Unity came with the expansion of Prussia's power within the Confederation, this was done not only politically but also in more tangible ways, with the annexation of new lands by Prussia. When in 1863 Denmark attempted to annex the duchies of Schleswig-Holstein, Bismarck was provided with the opportunity to start to realise his aims. The Danish occupation ... international expectations, went the way of Prussia; victory enabled most of the peace treaty clauses to be dictated by Prussia. The German Confederation was reformed under the name of the New German Confederatio...

• Word Count: 1515
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Graduate