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To what extent was the growing military strength of Russia the key factor in explaining the expansion of Russian territory?: (Case Study From 1682 – 1796)

Barry Vale — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 20:30:31 +0000

The purpose of the following discussion is to evaluate whether or not the growing military strength of Russia was the key factor in explaining the expansion of Russian territory between 1682 and 1796. Undoubtedly the expansion of Russian territory in that period was impressive and various factors arguably contributed to the rapid growth of the Russian Empire. The Russian governments of that era without doubt funded and sanctioned their country’s growing military strength as the vehicle for Russia’s territorial expansion yet it should not be automatically assumed that military power was the key factor in that expansion. The growing military strength of Russia was indisputable yet other factors were influential, as outlined below. Peter the Great is the person that set about the expansion of Russia and was prepared to do anything to achieve it. Without him what was achieved later would have been much harder to achieve, if at all.

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Compare and contrast the role of violence in the German and Italian cases during the Inter War Period .

Barry Vale — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 09:38:44 +0000

The following discussion will compare and contrast the role of violence in the German and Italian cases specifically the regimes of Hitler and Mussolini. In many respects there was a great deal of ideological common ground between these two extreme right wing regimes despite Nazi Germany having far more military capability than Fascist Italy. The Nazi regime as will be examined not only held a greater capacity for violence it had a more marked tendency to use it.
Italian fascism and German national socialism gained positions of power in many ways because of economic, political, and social disintegration in their respective countries in the wake of the First World War.

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Democratic States and Counter Terrorism : The managing of uncertainty, is there a place for principle?

Barry Vale — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:31:23 +0000

States especially democratic states often make a point of declaring that they resolve policy dilemmas without breaking their moral, political, and social principles. It will also seek to explain the circumstances in which democratic states will make the decision that solving their policy dilemmas takes precedence over keeping to their principles. Relevant for studying the Northern Ireland Troubles and the Arab - Israeli conflict.

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Mythology vs. Modernity How Political, Social, and Ethical Ideologies impacted upon graphic design in the 20th century : Case Studies of Germany and the Soviet Union

Barry Vale — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:21:23 +0000

The following work will discuss whether mythology or modernity had the greatest impact upon the political, social, and ethical ideologies that were closely linked to or had an influence upon graphic design and artistic culture during the twentieth century. The main focus of this dissertation will be to describe the often-complex relationship between mythology and modernity in relation to political, social, and ethical ideologies with particular reference to Germany and, to a lesser extent the Soviet Union, essentially between 1914 and the early 1930s.

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What are the strengths and limitations of the sources available for the study of the Amicable Grant of 1525?

Barry Vale — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 06:52:08 +0000

The assessment outlined below will focus on how the Amicable Grant of 1525 can be effectively studied with the historical sources available and the ease of access to the information contained within such research materials. As the assessment will demonstrate that there is a wide range of historical sources that are available as well as being useful for the effective study of the Amicable Grant of 1525.

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An Analysis of the data used in “The Population History of England”

Barry Vale — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 22:54:37 +0000

An Analysis of the data used in “The Population History of England” examines the data used in the seminal study of the English population from 1541 to 1871

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Russia in severe crisis – Boris Yeltsin’s presidency (1992-1999)

Barry Vale — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:50:31 +0000

12 page evaluation of Boris Yeltsin's time as Russian President and the nation's troubled (arguably incomplete) transitions to capitalism and liberal democracy.
The Russian Federation despite formally gaining its independence from the Soviet Union in December 1991 stuttered through to the end of the decade despite grave economic, political, and social problems, which President Yeltsin seemed incapable of dealing with.

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Writings on Marx and Marxism

Barry Vale — Sat, 28 May 2022 22:32:48 +0000

Karl Marx was a prolific writer and researcher who completed vast volumes of works and articles. With Engels and on his own he wrote about economics, politics, religions and societies with the overriding objective of promoting and eventually achieving Communism across the globe. Marx was convinced that his ideas would play a major role in spreading Communism everywhere beginning with the most technically and economically advanced nations and eventually the most backward of countries. He argued that history was on the side of the proletarians or industrial working classes. Revolution would come and with it Communism. Yet he was not always clear on how history made revolution inevitable.

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