... proclaimed himself the loyal servant of Victor Emmanuel. The alternative to his abdication of authority was civil war, and for Garibaldi that was unthinkable. Finally throughout Italy, the plebiscites were in favour of annexation to the house of Savoy. These popular desires Garibaldi could not deny nor turn against with the forces of arms. That would be against his ideals and what he stood for as the man of the people. The plebiscites showed that the Italian people ... France must regard the clause of the treaty of Paris concerning the Black Sea and Bessarabia "as abolished" and should ...

• Word Count: 10644
• Approx Pages: 43
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... of the rising nation by the end of his one-year dictator term. It was a brilliant plan that worked successfully and through true Machiavellian politics Mussolini had used the devastation wrought by the First World War to become not only popular within Italy and it's entire people, but he had become their controller and their dictator. Playing on the theme of rebuilding everything lost in the ... of the men for life in the Army with long marches and living in camps. Following Labor Service, men were conscripted into the Army for two years. The training received in the army gave almost eve...

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• Approx Pages: 33

... . After his phone call he apologizes to the narrator for yelling and tells him that he has just lost his wife. The narrator then realizes that the soldier wasn't worried about losing his hand he was more worried about his wife's life. Never give up no matter what the odds point to. This theme refers back to "The Old Man and the Sea-. Santiago went over 80 days without catching fish, but ... he would not give up. People would talk about him, but he still went on and didn't let them get to him. When Santiago set out on the eighty-fifth day he never thought about catching a marlin ... to b...

• Word Count: 3440
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School