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- 451: Fascism
- ... new direction had to be taken by Western civilization if it was to survive. World War I also aroused intense patriotism that continued after the war. Popular enthusiasm for such movements was especially strong in Germany and Italy, which had only become nation-states in the 19th century and whose parliamentary traditions were weak. Fascism is a form of counter-revolutionary politics that first arose in the early part of the ... on one select group, or most often one supreme leader called El Duce, from whom all power proceeds downward. The two most recognized names that go along with Fascism is Italy's Benito Mussolini and Germany's Adolf Hitler. The philosophy of Fascism can be traced to the philosophers who argue that the will is prior to and superior to the intellect or reason. George Sorel, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Hegal ... importance, behind only racial purity for the nation. Hitler used his book Mein Kampf to establish a plan of action for creating this racially pure state. In January of 1933 Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany by Hindenburg. By the end of the year Hitler had concentrated his power as a fascist dictator and began a campaign for a racially pure nation that eventually led to the Holocaust. In order ...
- 452: El Salvador
- ... refineries, flour mills, distilleries, starch factories, cordage works, and mills for cleaning coffee beans. Before the opening of the Panama canal, El Salvador's foreign trade was largely with the United States, Great Britain, and Germany. The canal turned most of El Salvador's foreign trade northward to the United States. More than 70% of El Salvador's trade is with the United States in most years. The chief exports are ... republics had reluctantly granted recognition. Martinez ruled fairly well for thirteen years, but at the price of blood- shed and violence. El Salvador was the only Central American republic which didn't declare war on Germany during World War I, but it opened its ports to United States war vessels. In December 1941, El Salvador declared war on Germany and Japan. In 1944 Martinez was overthrown and driven into exile. Colonel Osmin Salinas, the leader of the revolt, became president. In 1945 Salinas turned the presidency over to another conservative, Salvador Castaneda Castro. ...
- 453: Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was born on March 14,1879 in Ulm, Wurttemberg, Germany.He died April 18 1955 in Princeton,NJ.When Einstein was five years old his father showed him a compass.He was very impressed by the behavior of the needle of the compass,which kept ... Princeton in 1936.He had two sons from his first marriage.He also had two stepdaughters from his second marriage.In 1933 while Einstein was visiting England and the United States the Nazi government of Germany took his property and deprived him of his positions and his citizenship.Even before this happened he had been asked to direct the school of mathematics in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton,New ... Einsteins theories were used in making the atomic bomb.He helped in it's making in another way also.On August 2,1939 he wrote a letter to president Franklin D. Roosevelt,warning him that Germany was working on nuclear fission.As a result the U.S. government started a long hard work that led to the achievement of nuclear fission on December 2,1942.This led to the making ...
- 454: The Unification of Europe Under the Maastricht Treaty
- ... ideal proposal on paper, but in reality it can't work. In order to adopt the treaty several countries will have to make sacrifices. No body likes to make sacrifices. Countries with advancing economies like Germany will have to slow down to accommodate country's with poorer economic systems. Nations like England will have to merge their high currency rate with country's such as Italy, whom are infamous for their ... in full cooperation!) Ultimately, these countries concerned with their own interests in mind will disregard the treaty. For example, during the last several weeks in defiance of the treaty Britain lowered it interest rates while Germany raised theirs. Both to accommodate their own separate economies! This sort of unity does not seem to me to set an example from which to abide by in the future. Under the Maastricht Treaty one ... delayed until their objections have been met( sometime in 1993) In the same way, Britain will not endorse the treaty until it has been reworked and is satisfactory to the Danes. In contrast, France and Germany don't want the to negotiate the treaty only to clarify it with additional wording. Foreign Minister who can't agree now on the treaty will have similar success if the treaty passes. I ...
- 455: Johannes Brahms
- Johannes Brahms One of the greatest masters of music, Johannes Brahms, was born on May 7, 1833 in the city of Hamburg, Germany. His father, a double-bass player at the Hamburg Orchestra, was his first teacher, but the man who gave Brahms his first real appreciation for music was Eduard Marxsen. Brahms became very good as a ... in Hamburg at the age of 14. He also earned some money playing in the local taverns. While playing in the taverns, he met the Hungarian violinist Remenyi, and went on tour with him throughout Germany. A man named Joseph Joachim heard Brahms play and sent him to meet Liszt and Schumann, also composers. Liszt enjoyed many of Brahms' works, but their relationship never really grew into a friendship. Schumann also ... travelling to various towns, such as Hamburg, Baden Baden, and Zurich. In 1868 he was back in Vienna and he spent three years conducting orchestral concerts of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. . After more travel in Germany, Brahms again made his home in Vienna in 1878. Meanwhile, his fame as a composer was growing and growing. In 1886, he was made a Knight of the Prussian "Orde pour le merite," and ...
- 456: The Defeat of the Axis Powers
- ... also love and hated), who literally had to make the most important decision that has affected us still today. The Atomic Age was born. The Manhattan Project was designed to build an atomic bomb before Germany did,but by the time it was successfully tested the war in Germany was over. Unfortunately, President Harry Truman had found an area to test. "The final decision of where and when to use the atomic bomb was up to me," the statement later remembered by the president ... to the peace and prosperity for which they had fought. Yet within two years, the peace would be jeopardized by the Cold War, and the United States would be rearming its former enemies, Japan and Germany, to oppose its former friend, the Soviet Union. Now isn't that ironic! There was a documentary show on HBO called "Weapons of Mass Destruction", which talked about the the nuclear bombs at hand ...
- 457: Human Resource Challenges In T
- ... application server as well, but now can be located in another country. When you extend a system internationally, a lot depends on where the back-end data sources are. If the benefits system is in Germany and the application server is in the United States, there may be issues related to speed of access. If the bandwidth is not large enough, the application server may not be able to access the ... from the data by putting data on servers in the same country as the user. For example, a U.S. company with a benefits server and application server in Chicago could duplicate both servers in Germany, thereby eliminating the problem of response time. This solution, however, forces you to duplicate databases in Germany and the United States - a problem that magnifies if you duplicate data in more and more countries. Even after you solve the problems of transmission speed and the availability of data, you may run ...
- 458: Norman Schwarzkopf
- Norman Schwarzkopf Norman Schwarzkopf and I are alike in many ways. He and I both have family in Germany. His father lives in Germany and my great grandparents live in Germany. He served in Vietnam and so did my grandfather. Norman and I also have many differences. His family has a popular military background and my family does not. He lived his whole life through ...
- 459: American Foreign Policy In Wwi
- ... unarmed American ships, Wilson was left with no choice than to ask Congress for a declaration of war. Primary objectives of entering the U.S. into the war were not primarily to seek revenge on Germany. Wilson s more important goal was to preserve democracy within the U.S. and restore manifest destiny to a war-torn world. Furthermore, the U.S. foreign policy of economic expansion contributed to the U ... in depth through both the Marshall Plan and the Truman Doctrine. The world must be made safe for democracy. It s peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty (Wilson, Decl. War Germany). This statement was made by Wilson in his declaration of war on Germany speech upon the U.S. entrance into WWI. He stresses the importance of a world that is safe for democracy and the foundation of political liberty, which it was built upon. Without preservation of ...
- 460: One Hundred Years Of Solitude
- ... the letter stated that recent nuclear research indicated extremely powerful bombs of a new type, based on Uranium, might soon be possible. Einstein warned that the secret work with Uranium was going on in Nazi Germany. He urged that similar American research be accelerated. Roosevelt filled with fear that Nazi Germany would develop the bomb first, marked Einsteins letter for action. Eleven days after President Roosevelt authorized the go-ahead for the Manhattan project, the Japanese, too, without American knowledge, entered the race to develop ... mission. General Ent formally assigned the 393rd Heavy Bombardment Squadron, based in Nebraska, to Colonel Tibbet. Its fifteen bomber crews would provide the worlds first atomic strike force capable of delivering nuclear bombs on Germany and Japan. Their training base was at Wendover, Utah and the code name this project was named Silverplate. Tibbet was warned to commit as little as possible on paper and tell only those who ...
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