Benito Mussolini leader of the Fascist government in Italy stated, "If the XIXth century was the century of the individual (Liberalism implies individualism), we are free to believe that this is the 'collective' century, and therefore the century of the state" (Mussolini: 1...

WORLD CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 1 The 20th century was the bloodiest 100 years in human history. Based on numbers killed, in warfare, the 20th century exceeds all other centuries combined. The three major conflicts between 1901 and 200 were World War I, World War II, an...

In the early decades of the twentieth century, the world was shocked by the progression of warfare in ways that were previously unthinkable. The First World War, or The Great War, as it was called during that time, was the result of political tension between established governments of the Balkan Pe...

"War! Good God ya'll! What is it good for?! Absolutely nothing! Listen to me!" To whomever have heard the lyrics of Edwin Starr's War is likely to have had some opinion formulated about how war is a destructive force in itself. In a world where power is absolute and idolized like an omnipotent force...

Siege of Berlin By Christmas 1944, Berlin was in ruins, and still being bombed around the clock. The Nazis still talked about wonder weapons and the Führer's genius turning the tables, but in the city canny and cynical Berliners made grim jokes about giving each other coffins as C...

"...That these United Colonies are, and of Right out to be, Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved..." It was that spe...

The theory of government does not always match the realities of the exercise of power. America's leaders today are fond of reminding us all – American and foreign citizens alike – that the United States is the world's greatest democracy. By "greatest," of course, th...

At the end of World War II in 1945, The United States government was, seemingly, intent on eradicating Communism from the world. The government was, in a Machiavellian but sometimes inept way, using any means necessary to achieve this goal. In the process, the United States nearly engaged in nucle...

The leader of the Nationalist forces, General Franco, headed theauthoritarian regime that was in power in Spain after the Civil War (May,1978). Francisco Franco became a general in 1926 and in 1934 became thecommander of the Spanish army. Two years later, he led a revolt against theelected governmen...