Day: August 13, 2017

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“The collapse of Berlin Wall in 1989 brought new ideas of co-operation in Europe.” Critically evaluate.

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Q. “The collapse of Berlin Wall in 1989 brought new ideas of co-operation in Europe.” Critically evaluate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Berlin wall which was created in 1961 with an immediate reason of stopping the mass migration of people from East Berlin (controlled by the USSR) to West Berlin (controlled by western bloc led by the […]

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“NATO in many ways symbolized the key role that the United States had come to play in Europe.” Comment.

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“NATO in many ways symbolized the key role that the United States had come to play in Europe.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Orga­nization came after a year of Marshal Plan. in many ways symbolized the key role that the United States had come to play in Europe. The policy […]

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By the 1980s, the Communist system of the Soviet Union was incapable of maintaining the country’s role as a Superpower.” Explain this statement. OR Discuss the main factors leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union. OR Analyse the factors for the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union during 1985-1991.

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“By the 1980s, the Communist system of the Soviet Union was incapable of maintaining the country’s role as a Superpower.” Explain this statement. OR Discuss the main factors leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union.  OR Analyse the factors for the collapse of Soviet Communism and Soviet Union during 1985-1991. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Issues with […]

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“The essence of Perestroika is for people to feel they are country’s master.” —Gorbachev. Critically evaluate.

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“The essence of Prestroika is for people to feel they are country’s master.” —Gorbachev. Critically evaluate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: In the mid-1980s, the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the liberalizing reforms of perestroika (“restructuring”) and glasnost (“openness”) to bring long term changes in the administration and the […]

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What factors contributed to the emergence of a unipolar world?

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Q. What factors contributed to the emergence of a unipolar world? ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Unipolarity is used to describe the power structure when one superpower dominates alone.  Unipolarity in international politics is a distribution of power in which one state exercises most of the cultural, economic, and military influence.  End of Cold War: The end of the […]

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‘Corporate State’ was Mussolini’s answer to sociopolitical problems of his country. Elucidate.

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Corporate State was Mussolini’s answer to socio-political problems of his country. Elucidate. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Socio-political problems faced by Italy Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922 when Italy was facing many socio-political problems: Class conflict was prevalent where society was split into working class, middle class, Industrialists. Strikes were frequent in factories. There were increase in […]

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“Comparison of the fascist regime in Italy with the National Socialist regime of Germany is almost inevitable. The similarities are obvious, but there is one point of difference which is worth mentioning.” Comment.

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“Comparison of the fascist regime in Italy with the National Socialist regime of Germany is almost inevitable. The similarities are obvious, but there is one point of difference which is worth mentioning.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Mussolini started the first fascist party, in Italy; Later the term was used to describe other right-wing movements and governments throughout […]

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What is Metternich system? Assess its impact on Europe. OR “Most of the European Revolutions of 1848 were nationalist as well as popular insurrections against foreign rule and repressive policy of Metternich.” Comment.

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What is Metternich system? Assess its impact on Europe. OR “Most of the European Revolutions of 1848 were nationalist as well as popular insurrections against foreign rule and repressive policy of Metternich.” Comment.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Metternich system Metternich was an Austrian Statesman who dominated the politics of Europe from 1815 to 1848 so much that […]

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“The whole episode that is known as the July Revolution (1830) was fought and won not for the establishment of an extreme democracy but to get rid of the aristocratic and clericalist attitude of the restored Bourbons.” Critically examine.

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“The whole episode that is known as the July Revolution (1830) was fought and won notfor the establishment of an extreme democracy but to get rid of the aristocratic and clericalist attitude of the restored Bourbons.” Critically examine.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Charles X came to power in 1824 after the death of Louis XVIII. Hewas the […]

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“Marxian Communism is primarily the offspring of German Hegelianism and French Socialism.” Comment.

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“Marxian Communism is primarily the offspring of German Hegelianism and French Socialism.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Marxian Communism, one of the most influential political and economic ideologies of the modern world, did not emerge in isolation. It was shaped by a complex interplay of intellectual traditions and historical contexts. Among its key intellectual forerunners were German […]

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