European diplomacy: from the Bismarckian System and the Realpolitik to the pre-WW1 Alliances and the Weltpolitik
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
From 1872 to 1907, a series of alliances are formed among European major powers. The international system formed by German chancellor Bismarck in order to ensure Germany's hegemony within Europe and prevent a possible French revenge disappears in 1890. Then, the European powers gather in two...
Jim Powell, Roosevelt's folly, Essay on the New Deal
Text commentary - 9 pages - Modern history
Critical analysis of Jim Powell's Roosevelt's folly. Refute Powell thesis and defend the New Deal. This paper aimed at demonstrating that, instead, the New Deal did not only help tens of millions of Americans to overcome the Depression but also made tremendous structural reforms that had...
The Constituent Assembly (1789-1791) and its major reforms during the French Revolution
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
The Constituent Assembly is the Assembly in power in France between July, 9th 1789 and September, 30th 1791. On July 9th 1789, the National Assembly (created on 17th June) proclaims itself the Constituent National Assembly. This means its primary task will be to draw up a Constitution and adopt...
Discuss the origins of the French Revolution - economically, politically, socially, and ideologically
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
“Great revolutions which succeed make the causes which produced them disappear, and thus become incomprehensible because of their own success” (1), wrote Alexis de Tocqueville one hundred and fifty years ago. Yet, we will try all the same to understand what the origins of the French...
Assess the significance of the Watergate scandal
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
Born in 1913 in California, Richard Nixon became the 37th president of the United States in 1968, after being governor of California in 1950, then vice-president at the side of Eisenhower. This republican president earned a big success at the beginning. He indeed managed to end the war in Vietnam...
How did the first world war affect the status of women?
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
The First World War is one of the first conflicts, which called for the participation, and mobilization of all people, fighters as much as non-fighters. So, at the announcement of the war, men and women are going to answer present. The society and the economy of every country are going to be...
Cause of the great famine and its place in the demographic and migration history
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
In the 1800s, Ireland was essentially a rural country. Its economy depended only on agriculture, and its industrial system was very weak. Therefore, Ireland was very poor compared with its neighbour, England. It is considered most of all as an island belonging to England and integrated by this...
Impact of the French Revolution on 19th century France
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
It is quite difficult to discuss the impact of the French revolution on the French society for the country had difficulty accessing stability in the 19th century. Indeed the intervening decades witnessed four major upheavals: in the 1790s, 1830, 1848 and 1870, which brought a whole variety of...
The New Deal: Response to FDR's Folly by Jim Powell
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
What Can We Learn from FDR's Mistakes? The title and content of the last chapter of the book FDR's Folly illustrate the real purpose of Jim Powell through this book. It defended a laissez faire approach to today's economic problems. This aim led him to emphasize the downside of the...
In what specific senses might nationalism be considered one of the causes of the First World War?
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Since the beginning of the XIX° century, Europe had known a series of crises, due to serious issues which were causing mounting friction amongst the Powers. Nonetheless, at the beginning of 1914 Europe seemed to be at peace, and the international relations between European countries seemed less...
Media in Germany after World War Two - publié le 11/12/2006
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The development of media in the Western Germany during the period of the Allied Occupation (1945-1949) and in the first decade of the Federal Republic (1949-1959) The media is present all around the world. The media tries to express facts, entertainment, opinion, and other information. In this...
Media in Germany after World War Two
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
The development of media in the Western Germany during the period of the Allied Occupation (1945-1949) and in the first decade of the Federal Republic (1949-1959) The media is present all around the world. The media tries to express facts, entertainment, opinion, and other information. In this...
Turkey: between Empire and Republic, between Ottomanism and Kemalism
Essay - 45 pages - Modern history
Thus the purpose of this work will be to try and assess the claim of total rupture of Kemalism with the legacy of the Ottoman Empire and to examine the origins and nature of Turkish nationalism and its influence on the structure of Turkish society. The first chapter will treat the issue of...
To what extent was there a consensus in British politics from 1945 until 1979 ?
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
Full employment is probably the most important issue of all, as the other issues are mere consequences. The first sign of a increasing the consensus about the question of full employment was based on the employment policy in May 1944, which was initiated by the governments to ensure a ?high and...
British society and the economic context: Richard Cobden
Worksheets - 3 pages - Modern history
Richard Cobden was much involved in politics. In Great Britain, after Napoleonic wars, Corn Laws were passed. In Cobden's opinion the policy implemented in these famous bills needed reasoning. Indeed, Frédéric Bastiat's close friend devoted his entire life to free trade and pacifism....
Richard Cobden
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
Richard Cobden was much involved in politics. In Great Britain, after Napoleonic wars, Corn Laws were passed. In Cobden's opinion the policy implemented in these famous bills was very questionable. Indeed, Frédéric Bastiat's close friend devoted his entire life to free trade and pacifism. First...
Was the assassination of Luis Carrero Blanco relevant?
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Luis Carrero Blanco has been Franco's shadow and his life is one of the most mysterious in the Spanish history of the twentieth century. He always seemed to be a minor figure. He was from the middle-class, had little ambition but had an important working capacity and above all, he was absolutely...
The civil war in Greece: the role of the Greek civil war in the International History of the post war era
Essay - 12 pages - Modern history
The Greek civil war took place between 1943 and 1949. It is one of the most painful episodes of Greece history. We can wonder what was the role of the Greek civil war in the International History of post war era, especially its belonging to the transitional period between the end of...
The civil war in Greece: the role of the Greek civil war in the International History of the post war era - publié le 27/07/2006
Essay - 12 pages - Modern history
The Greek civil war took place between 1943 and 1949. It was one of the most painful episodes of Greek history. This paper will deal with the role of the Greek civil war in the International History of the post war era, especially because it belonged to the transitional period between the end of...
Religion and early American identity - publié le 27/07/2006
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Trying to determine what the motives of the migrants to the new world were is a difficult quest because motivations were diverse depending on the colonies. The migrants could be motivated by economical considerations. They thought they could have a better life, to be richer in North America by...
Religion and early American identity
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Trying to determine the motives of the migrants to the new world is a difficult quest because their motivations were diverse and depended on the colonies they came from. The migrants could have been motivated by economical considerations and might have moved in search of a better life, and to be...
The government of the Iroquois
Essay - 9 pages - Modern history
The Iroquois confederation, also called the League of Nation was a confederation of five Nations. These Nations of Iroquois were the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas and the Senecas). A sixth Nation (the Tuscaroras) joined the confederation in the early eighteenth century. They...
Foreign policies of Germany and France between 1919 and 1939 - publié le 27/07/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
France and Germany were during the interwar era one of the key elements of international relations. They were the two most involved powers in World War I. This war was not the last as many people hoped. Once again the two powers were very involved in the Second World War. Therefore, it is...
Foreign policies of Germany and France between 1919 and 1939
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
France and Germany were among the key elements of international relations during the interwar era. They were the two powers that were most involved in World War I. This war was however not the last of its kind as many people hoped, the two powers were soon very involved in the Second World War as...
Describe and analyse the different minority groups in PRC and how they interact with the main 'Han" government
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
In 1927 Sun Yatsen said that "The greatest force is common blood. The Chinese belong to the yellow race because they come from the blood stock of the yellow race. The blood of ancestors is transmitted by heredity down through the race, making blood kinship a powerful force". Today the question...
Describe and analyse the different minority groups in PRC and how they interact with the main 'Han" government - publié le 25/07/2006
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
“The greatest force is common blood. The Chinese belong to the yellow race because they come from the blood stock of the yellow race. The blood of ancestors is transmitted by heredity down through the race, making blood kinship a powerful force”, said Sun Yatsen in 1927. Today the...
What were the central features of Stalinism in Eastern Europe? - publié le 24/07/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
The term "Stalinism" refers to the brutal dictatorship which lasted from 1927 to 1953 in Russia and Eastern European countries. Although he was the leader of Soviet Russia, Stalin soon became the dictator of a Soviet Union which had expanded to most of Eastern Europe after the Second World War....
What were the central features of Stalinism in Eastern Europe?
Essay - 6 pages - Modern history
The term “Stalinism” refers to the brutal dictatorship which lasted from 1927 to 1953 in Russia and Eastern European countries. Although he was the leader of Soviet Russia, after the Second World War Stalin soon became the dictator of a Soviet Union which had expanded to most of Eastern...
Why has the historical development of the EU been so uneven?
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
On 28th March 2001, Lionel Jospin, the French Prime Minister, made an interesting declaration. He said that: 'Europe is more than a market. It stands for a model of society that has grown historically'. This statement refers to the development of the European Coal and Steel Community...
Why has the historical development of the EU been so uneven? published in 2007
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
On the 28th of March 2001, Lionel Jospin, the French Prime Minister made an interesting declaration: 'Europe is more than a market. It stands for a model of society that has grown historically.' . This statement refers to the development of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in...
