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Versailles, Liberal Democracy, and the Rise of Fascism

Explore the impact of the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of liberal democracy, and the emergence of fascism in Europe. Discover the challenges faced by new democracies, the ideologies of communism and fascism, and the various social, political, and economic transformations during the interwar period.

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Versailles, Liberal Democracy, and the Rise of Fascism

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  1. Versailles, Liberal Democracy, and the Rise of Fascism

  2. Transformations at Home • Women and Work • Labor and Political Power

  3. The Final Phases of the War • Rebellions in Germany • Armistice • Irresponsible Peace, Revolutions and Counter Revolutions • Freikorps and Spartacists

  4. Treaty of Versailles • German War Guilt • Article 231 – War Guilt Clause • New Nations • League of Nations • Inflation • Interwar Legacies

  5. Treaty of Versailles • German War Guilt • Article 231 – War Guilt Clause • New Nations • League of Nations • Inflation • Interwar Legacies

  6. Modern Political Ideologies • Newly Enfranchised Citizens • Active Veterans Groups • War Memorials • New Politics: Liberal Democracy, Communism, Fascism all promise a fair society • The New Political Geography

  7. Competing Ideologies • Liberal Parliamentary Democracy • Communism • Fascism

  8. 1. Liberal Democracy – Weimar Republic • New Constitutions for New States --National Self Determination --The Rule of Law --Health, Welfare, Family, and Social Security • Major Limitations of the New Democracies --Time of Crises --No Consensus --Confrontation rather than Consensus

  9. 2. Illiberalism • Democracy as too Bourgeois • Depression and Immediate Needs • Attacks on Democracy from Right and Left • Minorities and Nations • Crisis of Capitalism

  10. Fascism in Italy • Fascist Ideology • Benito Mussolini • Syndicalism • Populist Organization • Legal Rise to Power • Duce

  11. Fascism in Italy • Fascist Ideology • Benito Mussolini • Syndicalism • Populist Organization • Legal Rise to Power • Duce

  12. Fascism in Italy • Fascist Ideology • Benito Mussolini • Syndicalism • Populist Organization • Legal Rise to Power • Duce

  13. Fascism in Italy • Fascist Ideology • Benito Mussolini • Syndicalism • Populist Organization • Legal Rise to Power • Duce

  14. The Theory behind Mussolini’s Fascism • Violent Confrontation • The State • Who likes it? Who benefits? • Fascism is Revolutionary • It is also Nationalist and Imperialist

  15. Fascist Organization • The uses of history • The Corporate State • Youth Organizations • Finances and the Military • Women

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