... agricultural land into an industrial-agricultural state. This transformation was carried out under a system of central planning patterned on that of the Soviet Union. Consumer desires were ignored, tight labor discipline was enforced, and living standards were depressed, so that the largest possible share of Hungary's resources could be used to develop an industrial base. Investment in industry was encouraged by ... a tax and subsidy structure that overpriced consumer goods and underpriced the components of heavy industrial goods. The highly centralize panning process often led to ineff...

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... 1971 only 5000 troops were treated for combat wounds but 20,000 for serious drug abuse. The way the Americans had things did not help, they had a massive lack of discipline. US military tactics were also incompetent. One of the most prominent approaches was Operation Rolling Thunder which ended in a strategic US failure. Rolling Thunder was the name for the aerial ... ...

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... to the development and expansion of secondary and tertiary education systems. Stalin's regime also had a profound effect on society and culture, with the strengthening of the family, a greater emphasis on discipline in schools and other cultural activities that affected music, film, painting, literature and architecture. However, attempts were also made to destroy the religious base of the lives of Russians and ... ...

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... developed tyrannical rule of Napoleon. This clear discrepancy between reality and the attitude of animals suggests that the latter have evolved into self-controlled beings that have opted for self-discipline as a survival mechanism in the new political regime. The animals internalization of these attitudes, despite Napoleon's absence from public scenes, indicates their conforming to the image of prisoners in Foucault ... ...

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... the Soviet economic decline is the rigid command economy' imposed by Stalin in the early 1930s. It did not reward individual or collective effort; it absolved Soviet producers from the discipline of the market; and it gave power to officials who could not be held accountable by consumers. Consequently much of the investment that went into the civilian sector of the ... ...

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... Vilna ghetto. When the Nazi's took over Vilna in 1941 the ghetto was immediately established and Jacob Pentz was made head of the Judenrot. Pentzs enforced his philosophy that work discipline and order would preserve Jews by having spies reveal any resistance plans. However, the Jewish youth in Vilna felt adamantly disagreed and proclaimed their belief in a flyer given out on ... ...

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... and duma period. The 2 factions demarcated themselves in terms of their ideologies, strategies and tactics. The Bolsheviks formed from a narrow range of peasants and workers. They were attracted to Lenin's discipline, his firm leadership of the party, his simple slogans and undoubtedly his belief in immediate action to bring down the Tsarist regime rather than waiting. " This above all was what ... ...

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... and protect the position of the Communist party, even to sacrifice the life of his people. In order to obtain this purpose, it was necessary to enforce strict and absolute discipline was necessary at every level of society. This had gradually turned the society to a totalitarianism state. Lenin made himself the dictator and uses terror as his chief instrument to rule ... ...

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... a strictly theoretical analysis of International affaires, and demands to interpret reality by locking outside the reality itself, that is, any type of variables. "It is an irony of the IR-discipline that it has combined a focus on states as the most important actors in the system with an astonishing absence of analysis of the state itself- (Søresen 2001: 21). This ... ...

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... , called "specialists". The Bolsheviks also introduced the banning of private trade. However, this law was not enforced efficiently and, fotunately for many a huge black market developed. There was increaed labour discipline and fines were intriduced for lateness in addiiton to ration books. This system of rationing was class-based so the labourers received the largest rations, whereas porfessionals and middle classes ... ...

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... matter to the central committee. Again Stalin go the vote. Shows Stalin's movement into power influence over opposition. Appealed to members of opposition that if they differed to the party discipline everything would be alright. This didn't happen, however, and when they did he would state they hadn't done enough. "and doubtless he frightened his colleagues with warnings with a possible coup ... ...

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... ?" . Land decrees abolished private land ownership, civil marriages were made compulsory and censorship of the press was introduced as seen in France. Large-scale industry and banks were nationalised, labour, discipline and duties were enforced and strikes were declared treason to the state. Thus what began as a protest against tyranny, ended in a totalitarian state and a despotism of a vigorous type. Therefore, the ... ...

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... :12). Anyone who was not patriotic as possible was deemed a suspect. The President showed concern with the weakened civic fabric and declared time and time again, the need for self-discipline and personal responsibility. The Red Scare further influenced popular culture through religion. This saw in the rise of revival movements all over the nation. Protestant revivals opened up all over ... ...

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... Lenin started the New Economic Policy. He used the weapon of Lenin's memory to shame the Leftists for not looking up to Lenin. Stalin also opposed the Leftist view of discipline before the revolution and ideology. This also went against Lenin's views and this, in time, became one of their fallacies as well. Leftist's leaders made their biggest mistake when they ... ...

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... making the countries economy and social conditions worse. Gorbachev's plan was to make minor adjustments to the economy in hopes of triggering the economy. These implementations were his attempts to discipline the work force with slogans calling for "intensification and acceleration." Slogans were nothing new in the USSR with huge posters carrying slogans everywhere, and had been so for years. He ... ...

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... quickly through the ranks of the newly formed Soviet military forces. And in 1923 he became a commander of a horse cavalry regiment. He gained a reputation for planning in detail, iron-will discipline and strictness. His potential was obvious to his superiors and, as well as, his command duties, he continually went on training courses. In 1930 he became the commander of the ... ...

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