2Past Paper / 02.05.2019
WHAT ARE THE KEY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE LAC?
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2Past Paper / 02.05.2019
Discussion 3: Niall Ferguson, The War of the World, Chapters 5-6 Chapter 5: Graves of Nations 1. How and why did war continue in Russia, even after the country withdrew from WWI? What evidence suggests that this was a WWI “mutation”? What epidemics does Ferguson discuss and how do they relate to the Bolshevik revolution and Soviet power? 2. What central contradiction in Europe could the Paris Peace settlement never resolve? What two groups were among the most persecuted minorities in the interwar Europe? 3. What happens to the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) after WWI? 4. It four empires became 10 new nation-states in 1919, how was it possible for a prostrate Germany to have destroyed or incapacitated 9 of 10 after 1939? Chapter 6: The Plan 1. In Part II, Ferguson sets out to identify troublesome trends in Russia, Germany, Italy, and Japan before casting additional blame for WWII on Great Britain, France, and the United States. Theres clearly enough blame to go around, but what does he say about the effects of the Great Depression on capitalist socities? 2. List and explain five things that made Stalinist Russia perhaps the worst place to live in the 1930s. 3. What is Fergusons main argument regarding class warfare in totalitarian Russia? On what basis did Stalin justify ethnic cleansing? Classroom Discussion 4: Niall Ferguson, The War of the World, Chapters 7-9 Chapter 7: Strange Folk 1. Do you find anything remarkable about the opening section of Chapter 7? 2. “Only in Germany was fascism both revolutionary and totalitarian . . . . Only in Germany did dictatorship ultimately lead to industrialized genocide” (p. 232). Why are both statements true? 3. Who are the “Strange Folk” to whom Ferguson refers? What is strange about them and what does he conclude about their beliefs? Chapter 8: An Incidental Empire 1. How and why did the need for “living space” motivate Germany, Japan, and Italy to expand their empires? Where did each empire-state plan to expand? 2. What was Japans fundamental problem represented in the book title Japans Feet of Clay? What steps did Japan take to rectify this paradox? 3. Why was Japans Chinese empire “incidental”? Chapter 9: Defending the Indefensible 1. According to Ferguson, what were Hitlers goals? 2. Given Hitlers goals and Great Britains status as greatest world empire, why did British foreign policy experts operate from assumptions of British weakness? Explained in this manner, what did the “indefensible” British policy of appeasement really say to the world? 3. What are the main arguments for appeasement?
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