Benito Mussolini

when the government has complete control of every aspect of society. In Europe, countries such as Russia, Italy, and Germany used Communism and Fascism as a form of totalitarianism. Joseph Stalin used communism as a way to control society, while Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler used Fascism. All leaders' common goal was to gain power over society using violence, propaganda, censorship, and educating the youth. Adolf Hitler, who became Fuhrer of Germany in 1933, followed the guidelines of…

dictator gain power. Another example is an excerpt from “The Political and Social Doctrine of Fascism” written by Benito Mussolini. He said that Fascism is the best type of government because it makes the people happy. He used propaganda to promote his form of government by listing all of its good attributes, making his citizens think that his idea might be best. The point of view of Mussolini is biased because he is person that started the Fascist party. He is obviously going to think that the…

There are many aspects to the cause of World War II. If any of these causes were to be removed, the war could have been lessened into a smaller war that would not have caused such widespread physical and economic destruction. The Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler and the Nazi Party, appeasement and Fascism all played key roles in the war, and because of this none of them can be discussed in total isolation from the others. During World War II Germany became allies with Italy,…

World War I started in 1890 because Austria and Serbia wanted the same piece of land. Serbia wanted the land because the people of this land spoke their language. The Serbian Nationalist organization called the black hand, which was a secret organization in Serbia that was in charge of terrorist actions, to assassinate the heir of the throne of Austria. This lead to a war between Austria and Serbia. Then the allies joined in causing World War I. This lead to the modernities of World War I, and…

To a certain extent Adolf Hitler did aim for global domination but he mainly focused on gaining the control of Europe between 1925 and 1945. This was because he thought he could expand the third Reich and he wanted to re-claim Germanys territories that was lost in world war one. Adolf Hitler started with the invasion of Czechoslovakia and continued with the invasion of many more European countries. Adolf Hitler tried to gain control of North Africa. The start of the Third Reich was when the…

The Munich Agreement and the Anglo-German Declaration For some European powers at the time, The Munich Agreement and the Anglo-German Declaration was considered to have achieved peace in our time. Unfortunately, the great claims of Neville Chamberlain did not come true. These agreements only delayed the evitable between the great European powers and allowed Hitler to gather more territory with relative ease. This document between the powers of Germany, United Kingdom, France, and Italy outlined…

since he was one of the first to analyse the behaviour of crowds and other collectives. In fact, many people argue that Le Bon popularised the theory of crowd psychology by claiming that many notorious crowd leaders, such as Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, have used his theory. The Beginning of Deindividuation Festinger, Pepitone, and Newcomb (1952) decided to try and test Le Bon’s theory of the ‘crowd’ and in 1952 coined the term ‘deindividuation to describe Le Bonâ€They hypothesized…

A State of the Union address is a speech, mandated by the Constitution, given by the President of the United States to Congress, every January, in which the President outlines the country’s current status and its plans for the future (“The Definition of State of the Union”). On January 6, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, addressed the 77th Congress with his Four Freedoms Speech (Roosevelt). The purpose of this address was to outline the four indispensable human freedoms that America…

Throughout history, historians and scholars have theorized what were the real reasons as to how and when World War II officially start. Most people outside of the field discuss that it was mainly because Germany attacked Poland and how the United States saved the world with the Allies. However, most historians can agree that there was a different demeanor on how World War II actually started. Most will say that it because of the many faults of the Treaty of Versailles after World War I. Because…

Kamila Krawczuk Ms. Zasso Honors Western Civilization 23 May, 2016 The early twentieth century was without a doubt revolutionary. Everything from new technology to new ideals. Those new ideals were created by people such as Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini. However, the ideals that they had created were ones that hurt democratic ideals. Normally, most people prefer to have those democratic ideals that they were losing at that time. Yet those leaders managed to create those ideals by taking…