Day: April 24, 2020

“It would be wrong to give the impression that Hitler hung on to power simply by terrorizing the entire nation.” Analyse this statement.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: Nazi dictatorship was not built solely on terror but on a mutual calculation of interest between leaders and people. True if someone were a Jew, a communist or a socialist, […]

“Making peace settlement after the First World War at Paris Peace Conference involved clash of interests of allied powers as well as difference in personalities of their leaders.” Explain with examples.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: When the peace conference met (January 1919) it was soon obvious that a settlement would be difficult because of basic disagreements among […]

Briefly discuss the Windrush generation and recent controversy associated with it.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Windrush generation refers to the immigrants who were invited to the UK after World War II between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean countries such as Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados to assist with labour shortages after the destruction of the […]

“The Suez crisis had shown the UNO at its best and it proved to be Britain’s last fling of the imperial dice.” Comment.  ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Suez canal crisis arguably showed the UN at its best. When President Nasser of Egypt suddenly nationalized the Suez Canal, many of whose shares were owned by the British […]

“The events in Prague, together with the Berlin blockade, convinced the European recipients of American economic assistance that they needed military protection as well: that led them to request the creation of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization.” Analyse this statement. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: With the Truman Doctrine, the USA President Harry S. Truman established that the […]

“The Korean War was as much an international conflict as it was internal.” Comment. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The Korean War was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States). The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea […]

“I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. I believe that our help should be primarily through […]

How accurate is it to talk about a ‘thaw’ in the Cold War in the years after 1953? Discuss with examples. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: There is no doubt that in some ways East-West relations did begin to improve during 1953, though there were still areas of disagreement and the thaw was not a consistent development. (a) […]

Q. ‘Without de Gaulle’s masterly handling of the situation, the Algerian crisis would probably have plunged France into civil war. How far would you agree with this verdict on President de Gaulle’s contribution to the events leading to Algerian independence? ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: After the Second World War, the French began by trying to suppress all […]

What problems were germane to the decolonization process in Kenya? Also discuss role played by Jomo Kenyatta in the process. ©selfstudyhistory.com Ans: The British thought that independence for the colonies of East Africa was not so necessary as for West Africa. But during Harold Macmillan’s government (1957-63) an important change took place in British policy […]