Historical Contexts: An Analysis of Dictatorships and Their Origins

This assignment provides an analysis of dictatorships within their historical contexts. It examines the causes of dictatorships, including nationalism, militarism, and racism, and explores how these factors have led to the rise of such regimes throughout history. The assignment references key figures such as Hitler, Mussolini, and Franco, analyzing their roles and the ideologies they promoted, such as fascism. It also draws parallels between the historical context of fascism and the issue of racial discrimination in the United States. The paper concludes by discussing the continued relevance of nationalism and racism in the modern world and their potential to foster future dictatorships. The assignment uses primary and secondary sources to support its arguments and offers a comprehensive overview of the topic.

Running head: DICTATORSHIP IN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
Dictatorship in the Historical Context
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Table of Contents
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Question 5..................................................................................................................................3
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Question 1
There are various historical conditions which produce dictatorships in the world. This
reasons may be nationalism or attempting to unite two countries into one. Other reasons
include militarism, jealousy of other countries as well as military rule in a country. All these
reasons cam give birth to dictatorship in a country.
Question 2
According to the primary sources, the tyrannical regimes of the 20th Century seemed
to have been caused by the rise of leaders like Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy as well
as General Franco in Spain. All these leaders through the system of dictatorship created
dictatorship in the world.
Question 3
Benito Mussolini’s ideas of fascism states that the people of Italy must work for the
country or the state. As stated by Knight (2013), these ideals proved to be popular in Europe
during the inter war years because a lot of people in Italy itself had supported Mussolini and
his ideals. It was because of these ideologies that Italy became one of the powerful nations in
World War II.

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Question 4
During the period of fascism in Italy, the United States of America was also suffering
from the problems of racial discriminations on the blacks by the Americans themselves. This
was similar to fascism because the blacks were discriminated by the Whites. At the same
time, it was also different because the Jews were safe in America which they were not in Italy
itself. Circumstances of racism produce this kind of state as is evidenced from the racial
violence against the Blacks in America while the circumstance of equality prevents the rise of
such a state (Griffin, 2013).
Question 5
There are still the problem of nationalism and racism prevalent in many countries of
the world which can lead to the rise of dictatorship in the world after World War II.

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Reference list
Griffin, R. (2013). The nature of fascism. Routledge.
Knight, P. (2013). Mussolini and Fascism. Routledge.