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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
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Charles I will be the first king of a new dynasty, the Habsburgs.
Due to a very well programmed marriage policy Charles I will inherit a wide range of territories and he will also become emperor of the West.
Here you have a list and a map with the territories that he inherited.
-From his mother’s side:
-From Isabella, his grandmother: Castile, Navarre, Granada, Canary islands, some territories in North Africa and the new territories recently discovered in America.
-From Ferdinand, his grandfather: Crown
The peace
The peace:Daily suffering and destruction: 8-10 million casualties and 600.000 wounded/Bankruptcy: only Japan and US got profits (gold stock and creditors)//CONFERENCE OF PARIS (1919-20):USA➧Wilson,Fourteen Points➧A new world based in democracy and nation/FRANCE➧ Clemenceau➧ Destroy Germany, Have back Alsace and Lorraine ,Creation of a buffer state in Renania➧UK➧Lloyd➧Balance/ITALY➧Orlando➧ Territories in the Dalmatian coast/JAPAN ➧Makino Nabouaki ➧Territories//Treaties of