Western Civilization - History Of European Society

560Chapter 28 until the war. Such “miracle drugs” were first used ex- perimentally in 1932; penicillin saved thousands of sol- d ...

Europe in an Age of Dictatorship, 1919–39561 An Italian inventor, Guglielmo Marconi, launched the world into the age of broadcas ...

562Chapter 28 and Antonio Salazar in Portugal (ruled 1926–68); and the wartime dictatorship of Marshal Henri Pétain in France (r ...

Europe in an Age of Dictatorship, 1919–39563 dle classes and the peasantry away from the alternatives proposed by nationalists o ...

564Chapter 28 Britain was one of the most heavily unionized states in the world, with 30 percent of workers belong- ing to trade ...

Europe in an Age of Dictatorship, 1919–39565 ever, experienced 30 percent jobless rates; the Dutch lived with unemployment avera ...

566Chapter 28 Stavisky’s death in a reported suicide and the dubious nature of investigations created a volatile antiparliamen- ...

Europe in an Age of Dictatorship, 1919–39567 youngest general in Europe (at thirty-three) in 1926. His mixture of nationalism, m ...

568Chapter 28 formed Communist parties. The Indonesian Commu- nist Party, organized in 1920, was typical; it drew more members b ...

Europe in an Age of Dictatorship, 1919–39569 return to monarchical authority. The Fascist alternative offered a strong authorita ...

570Chapter 28 exploited their control of the courts and local govern- ment, used direct intimidation and violence as needed, and ...

Europe in an Age of Dictatorship, 1919–39571 especially against leftists. The growth in Nazi popular- ity persuaded Hitler to ru ...

572Chapter 28 The regime strongly encouraged motherhood, which had long been a central theme of the Nazi pro- gram. This led to ...

Europe in an Age of Dictatorship, 1919–39573 NEP, Lenin explained, was a matter of taking one step backward to take two steps fo ...

574Chapter 28 fifty degrees Fahrenheit), dressed in light clothing and felt boots, and were fed a diet of approximately one thou ...

CHAPTER OUTLINE I. Introduction II. The Long Armistice and the Origins of World War II III. The Years of Axis Conquest, 1939–42 ...

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The Long Armistice and the Origins of World War II The two world wars of the twentieth century were closely rel ...

Europe in an Age of Total War: World War II,1939–45 577 negotiated treaties of friendship with two countries with which he envis ...

578 Chapter 29 its industry. When Hitler stated this claim as giving the Sudetenland “the right of self-determination,” the prim ...

Europe in an Age of Total War: World War II,1939–45 579 opinion worldwide—Joachim von Ribbentrop, after all, was also the author ...