History 2145A/B Lecture : 3 Lecture - seizure of power.docx
18 Apr 2012
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3 lecture seizure of power, russia, italy and germany. 1922-1925 mussolini comes to power, finally becomes a dictator. 1933-1934 nazi regime hitler becomes chancellor of germany, then makes constitutional changes. Revolution/reaction communism and fascism are very closely related. Nations going through democratization (check the power of the absolute monarch, expanding the right to vote, media to branch out, leaders were from lower class) and modernization (technological advancement, industrialization, political unification, innovation). The failure of democracy how and why. The rise of nazism: a german sonderweg (unique power) What is it about these three countries that explains the progress to totalitarian control. Britain had movements similar to those happening in germany, but it doesn"t take root in these nations. Structure (long term factors) + contingency (short term, unpredictable, ex. The russia of the czars crisis autocracy, authoritarian power. The revolution was not one made by the masses. Duma; 1906 there was going to be an elected legislature.
