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Lord Kitchener of Khartoum (1850 - 1916)
... secretary of state for war at the beginning of World War I Kitchener organized armies on an unprecedented scale and became a symbol of ... an appointment to the cabinet as secretary of state for war. Flying in the face of popular opinion, he warned that the ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Life of Winston Churchill
... 1919 to 1921 he acted, as Secretary of State for War and Air and in 1924 he became Chancellor of the Exchequer. The next decade ... of tanks, believed to have played a large part in Britain's victory. Then from 1919 to 1921 he acted, as Secretary of State ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Do the achievements of the Soviet state, 1945-65, demonstrate the effectiveness of a centrally planned economy?
... a buoyant economy" while the US secretary of State in 1956 said that "the economic danger of the Soviet Union is potentially larger ... take away from the achievements of the Soviet State as between 1945 and 1960 many of these gaps were shortened. Many ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Outline the various views of contemporaries of the Treaty when it was signed in 1840? (New Zealand History)
... state of New Zealand. This, however, led Lord Normanby , the secretary of state for colonies, appointing Captain William Hobson , as the Lieutenant-Governor of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Why did the "Bloody Code" come into such force in the 18th century, and then was largely abolished in the early part of the 19th century?
... Secretary of State for a reprieve but this depended on the nature of the crime and the reputation of the ... of the Vicar of Wakefield stated: It was believed that the indiscriminate use of the death penalty was illogical and as such a self-defeating system of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The contributing factors that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union [USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)]
... state in the world. Run by the general secretary, the equivalent of the position of the president in the United States ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Yalta Conference
... Secretary of State on July 23 issued the following statement: (Here appears the text of the statement, by Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles, proclaimed of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
This is an essay, but it is mostly focussed on the biography of Leonid Brezhnev. It tells of his tiem in power, what he accomplished/didn't accomplish, and so on.
... of the presidium of the Supreme Soviet. When Khrushchev went out of power in 1964, which Brezhnev helped to engineer, he was named first secretary (later general secretary) of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Western European Union
... Secretary of State Henry Kissinger called this "The Year of Europe" but made a provocative contrast between the global policies of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Account for the rise to power of Josef Stalin to ruler of the USSR by 1929.
... Secretary of the General Committee of the Communist Party had great importance. Chris Ward asserts that "circumstances ensured that inside the mutating body of the party-state ... the position of General Secretary, Stalin saw and recognised the potential of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History