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A combination of his ability to manipulate situationsand the failure of others to prevent him from taking power, especially LeonTrotsky. Trotsky did not take advantage of several opportunities which wouldhave helped him to crush Stalin politically. When he failed to take advantage ofthese opportunities, Stalin maneuvered himself into a stronger position withinthe party by allying…

The film/documentary, titled Tools of Exploitation, chronicles, analyzes and explains Western civilizations influence on African culture/livelihood throughout the period of colonialism (the film covers the slave trade for a brief moment as well) leading to the modern day. Narrated by scholar/author Ali Mazrui, the film focuses on the usurping of Africa’s future potential due to…

               1. On 15th march, 44 BC, Julius Caesar was assassinated by roman senators because they perceived him to be a dictator and they wanted to restore their republican liberties. An alternative explanation presented in the book, ‘The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A Peoples History of Ancient Rome’ claims that Caesar was assassinated by the…

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) developed the ethical system of utilitarianism, which centers on pleasure. John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) later expanded and refined Bentham’s theory, while still adhering to many of its original principles. The theory is rooted in ancient hedonism, which sought physical pleasure and avoided pain. Hedonism viewed human beings as “under the governance of…

In every country, there are always many political parties with different ideologies and varying degrees of power in national matters. Political parties can be involved at different levels in institutions, organizations, and the general running of the government. In order to survive in local or national level politics, political parties must navigate through the challenges…

The Donner party             The donor party was an 1840s incident or a situation whereby Californian bound emigrants found themselves in a middle of snow in Sierra Nevada during the winter that lasted from 1846 to1847. The proposed journey was destined to start at Springfield in Illinois something that indeed happened. The journey involved George…

Henry VIII and Louis XIVHenry VIII and Louis XIV were both men whose accomplishments on anational level for their respective countries of England and France were great,but whose very different personal problems gave them a negative impression inhistory. The two leaders had very different ruling styles, but with a few similarthemes throughout. Perhaps the best…

The changes that occurred in the Gilded Age led to shaping American into the superpower and well respected international country that it is recognized as today. The most important changes were the discovery of uses of copper, the assembly line production technique and the completion of the first transcontinental railroad. The uses of copper that…

Assess the role of each of the following in the rise to power of Hitler: ideological appeal; underestimation by opponents; propaganda. The historical debate surrounding the causal factors of the rise of the Nazi state in Germany by 1933 is fierce. Marxist historians, emphasising the idea that Nazism was no more than capitalism’s most extreme…

In 1956, Miller was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee to admit to signing petitions. This reminded him of the Salem witchcraft trials from two centuries ago, where people were forced to publicly confess and name names. These trials served as the inspiration for his play, The Crucible. The McCarthyism can be seen as…