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PHASES OF THE COLD WAR:
CONTAINMENT, IN MARCH 1947 THE US PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN ASKS CONGRESS TO SUPPORT THE GREEK GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE COMMUNISM IN THE GREEK CIVIL WAR. TO GET THE ECONOMY GOING AGAIN THE USA COMES UP WITH THE EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAMME FOR EUROPE NICKNAMED THE MARSHALL PLAN. STALIN SETS UP THE COMMUNIST INFORMATION BUREAU.
PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE, IN 1953 STALIN DIES AND NIKITA COMES TO THE POWER IN THE SOVIET UNION. DURING THIS PERIOD THE LEADERS OF THE USSR, THE USA, UK AND
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1.Characteristics of totalitarism
An authoritarian political system. In this system, power was concentrated in the hands of the state, led by a charismatic leader who demanded blind obedience: Il Duce Mussolini in Italy, or the Führer Hitler in Germany. There was neither personal freedom nor political pluralism. There was only one party, which subdued any opposition violently.
Economic and social control. The state directed the economy and declared itself anti-capitalist and anti-communist. Moreover,
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The USSR
The New Economic Policy
Russia suffered human loss and material damage during the Russian Civil War. New Economic Policy (NEP) was an attempt to rebuild the economy.
The USSR: a new state
USSR (the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics) created in 1922as a federation of republics. Was a multi-national and multi-ethnic state.
Fist constitutionof the USSR was formulated in 1924, established the new political system:
1: Republics had autonomy in domestic policy, law, education, health. Could
Read MoreCivil war
The Civil War: Military uprising/The outbreak /Phases and evolution in both areas//Causes :Two theories: The war as a consequence of a fascist intervention( liberals and left parties) /The war as a defense of a segment of the Spanish society in order to protect the religion and to stop the advance of communism (conservative historians) /Democracy against Fascism/Nationalism against communism//The republic at war: -Azaña, overwhelmed by the coup, appointed José Giral as head of the government to