Question : Mazzini conception of Italian nationality was not exclusive and his dominant ideal was the recreation of moral unity of mankind
(2015)
Answer : After the collapse of the Carbonari movements and the 1830 uprisings, it was Mazzini who most insistently preached the cause of Italian unity. His revolutionary society, ‘Young Italy’, founded in 1831, was the chief agency through which he sought to educate his compatriots. Mazzini’s geopolitical thinkingand activity revolve around three fundamental points: the Nation, the People and Humanity.
His fundamental ideas were set out in Young Italy, the society’s newspaper of the same name, and developed ....
Question : The Continental blockade was a misconceived idea of economically defeating Great Britain
(2015)
Answer : The Continental blockade also called Continental System mainly began in 1806 with Napoleon’s Berlin Decree, which banned British ships from entering European ports.
Britain, full of savvy traders, made a concerted effort to undermine the Continental System by contracting out its shipments to neutral vessels. Napoleon next issued the Milan Decree in December 1807. This harsh decree, aimed against smuggling, stated that neutral ships that stopped in Britain before landing in Europe were subject to confiscation.
Aim ....
Question : The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were considered by the Russian Bloc as a weapon against Russia in order to restrict her influence critically examine
(2015)
Answer : The Communist attempt to take over Greece and Turkey caused the USA President Truman to take up the Communist challenge directly.
In March, 1947 he requested Congress $400million in American military and economic assistance to combat the takeover of those two countries by communists.
President Truman told Congress that “it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.” This was called ....
Question : The failure of Kuomintang against the communist onslaught was unimaginable and it was Mao Tse tung whose tenacity and innovative approach had accomplished the unthinkable Discuss
(2015)
Answer : Born on December 26, 1893, in Shaoshan, Hunan Province, China, Mao Tse-tung served as chairman of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 to 1959, and led the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 until his death. Mao’s “Great Leap Forward” and the Cultural Revolution were ill-conceived and had disastrous consequences, but many of his goals, including stressing China’s self-reliance, are generally laudable.
In 1911, the Xinhua Revolution began against the monarchy, and Mao joined the Revolutionary ....
Question : Enlightened despots Europe were not necessarily politically liberal
(2014)
Answer : Enlightened despotism and its equal, enlightened absolutism are terms historians use to describe the policies of several 18th-century European monarchs. They are despots (or absolutists) because they continuously worked to centralize all the power within their nation in the monarchy at the expense of provincial nobles and national or provincialassemblies. Somewhat paradoxically, many of these despots also embraced the Enlightenment, an 18th-century intellectual trend that espoused rational thought, empiricism, and individual rights and liberties. These ....
Question : If the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia that resulted in the creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or Soviet Union inaugurated an international competition for the hearts and minds of people all over the globe the Chinese Revolution raised the stakes of that struggle
(2013)
Answer : 1949 Chinese Revolution was a transformative, epochal event, not only for the Chinese but for the rest of humanity, as well.If the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia (that resulted in the creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or Soviet Union) inaugurated an international competition for the hearts and minds of people all over the globe, the Chinese revolution raised the stakes of that struggle. The popular media, academics, political leaders and others in ....
Question : The announcement of the creation of the People Republic of China on October 1 1949 by Mao Zedong ended the civil war between the Chinese Communist Party CCP and the Nationalist Party KMT
(2012)
Answer : On October 1, 1949, Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full–scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist party, or Kuomitang (KMT), which broke out immediately following world war II and had been preceded by a on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920s. The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of ....
Question : Account for the overthrow of the Tsarist regime in Russia
(2009)
Answer : Russia had gone through two revolutions in 1917, one in October and the other in February. These two revolutions had separately overthrown the Czarist Regime and the provisional government in the same year. Therefore it is not hard to find certain similarities in both the internal and external factors that contributed to the downfall of the Czarist Regime with those of the provisional government.
The entering and continuation of the World War One had contributed greatly ....
Question : Critically analyse the causes and results of the Chinese Revolution of 1949.
(2006)
Answer : The Chinese Communist revolution is a very important episode in the history of the world in the twentieth century. The Revolution of 1949 was shaped by interplay of variety of causes and left an abiding mark on the history of the world.
The Chinese revolution was the result of prevalent socio-economic and political conditions in China. Chinese economy was dominated by agriculture. Crafts were there but they were practiced with primitive and outdated techniques. Heavy revenue ....
Question : Discuss the circumstances leading to the Chinese Revolution of 1949, and analyse its significance?
(2005)
Answer : The Chinese Revolution of 1949 was an important episode in the history of China.
The revolution carried by the Communist Party took place after long years of internal fighting with the Koumintang Party (KMT). The situation was also marked by foreign interference. As the most populated communist country, China and its communist revolution left an abiding mark in the contemporary world history.
The Chinese revolution of 1949 was shaped by certain socio-economic and political circumstances that existed ....
Question : “The Russian Revolution (1917) was an economic explosion hastened by the stupidities of the autocratic government.”
(2005)
Answer : The Russian Revolution constitutes an event of resounding significance in the pages of the twentieth century history of the world civilization. The revolution first came in March 1917 and then in November 1917, the revolution was carried by the Bolsheviks under leadership of Lenin.
The Russian Revolution was basically an outburst of dissatisfaction fuelled by the sharpening economic polarization of the Russian society.
The Revolution when it came was hastened by the inability and stupidity of the ....
Question : What were the weaknesses and difficulties of the Weimer Republic? How did Hitler succeed in establishing his dictatorship?
(2004)
Answer : There were many weakneses in weimer Republic. Some of them are:
Question : Examine the causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917 and indicate its significance in world history.
(2003)
Answer : In the nineteenth century, almost entire Europe was going through important social, economic and political transformation. Unlike France and England, which were republic and constitutional monarchy respectively, Russia was still under the autocratic rule of the Czars. Though serfdom was abolished in 1861, there had been no improvement in the condition of peasants. They had meagre holdings of land with no capital to develop that. For decades, they had to pay heavy redemption dues for ....
Question : The root of the rise of Fascism Lay in the peace treaties.
(2003)
Answer : The end of the First World War, “The war to end all wars”, it was believed, would be followed by an era of peace, freedom, democracy a better life for everyone. But the development during the next 20 years these hopes. One of the major drawbacks was the coming to power of dictatorial regimes in many countries of Europe. Some of the roots of the conflicts in Europe lay in Peace Treaties after the war. ....
Question : Examine the circumstances in China in the years 1945-49. What did the United States do to resolve the conflict between the Nationalists and the Communists there?
(2002)
Answer : When second world war had started there were three types of governments in China. The Manchuria government was under the influence of the Japanese government and its capital was at Nan King. Another Chinese government which was very oftenly called the national government was headed by Chiang Kai-Shek who was the leader of Kuomitang Party. His capital was at Chung King. The third government was in the region of Western China which was basically a ....
Question : ‘Marxian Communism is primarily the offspring of German Hegelianism and French Socialism.’
(2001)
Answer : ‘Marxian Communism is primarily the offspring of German Hegelianism and French Socialism.’ The intellectual heritage from which Karl Marx drew his insight attitudes and concepts was a synthesis of many ideological current in Europe in the early and the middle 19th century. These included the basic assumption of the socialistic faith and the slogans of the French revolution and the philosophy of George William Friedrich Hegel.
Karl Marx’s year’s in the University of Berlin were spent ....
